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SIXTY-SIXTH
Catalogue and Register
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HOWARD COLLEGfe
East IvAke Station
Birmingham, Ai^abama
For the Academic Year 1907-08, with
Announcements for 1908-09
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PUBLISHED QUARTERLY
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HOWARD COLI.EGE
CALENDAR
1908- 1909
First Term begins Wednesday, September 9, 1908
Alabama Sunday-school Day October 8, 1908
intercollegiate Oratorical Contest November 20, 1908
Thanksgiving Holidays November 26 - 29, 1908
Christmas Holidays December 24, 1908 — January 3, 1909
Mid-session Examinations begin January 25, 1909
First Term ends January 31, 1909
Second Terms begins February i. 1909
Anniversary of Philomathic Society February 26, 1909
Anniversary of Franklin Society .- April 23, 1909
Final Examinations begin May 10, 1909
Commencement May 23-26, 1909
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
James B. Elus, President Selma, Ala.
S. S. Broadus, Vice-President Decatur, Ala.
P. C. Ratliff, Secretary Birmingham, Ala.
FIRST DIVISION — Term Expires in 1909.
Joseph G. Reynolds Greenville, Ala.
W. H. Terry Fayette, Ala.
J. M. Shelburne East Lake, Ala.
WitUAM A. Davis Anniston, Ala.
C. S. Rabb Evergreen, Ala.
P. C. Ratliff Birmingham, Ala.
A. D. Smith Birmingham, Ala.
D. H. Marbury Birmingham, Ala.
SECOND DIVISION — Term Expires in 1911.
J. T. AsHCRAFT Florence, Ala.
Austin Crouch Woodlawn, Ala.
Charles H. Davis Columbia, Ala.
J. B. Ellis Selma, Ala.
D. L. Lewis Sycamore, Ala.
J. G. LowREY Pine Hill, Ala.
W. P. McAdory Birmingham, Ala.
H. C. Reynolds Montevallo, Ala.
THIRD DIVISION — Term Expires in 1913.
A. W. Bell Anniston, Ala.
William A. Tallaferso Opelika, Ala.
L. LasseTER Montgomery, Ala.
D. C. Cooper Oxford, Ala.
S. L. Fuller Cullman, Ala.
J. W. Minor Ensley, Ala.
S. S. Broadus Decatur, Ala.
M. B. Wharton Eufaula, Ala.
ALUMNI TRUSTEES.
J. D. Heacock Birmingham, Ala.
Term expires in 1909.
S. W. Welch Talladega, Ala.
Term expires in 191 1.
A. J. Moon, Treasurer of the College.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
J. W. Minor, Chairman;
A. D. Smith,
P. C. Ratuff,
W. P. McAdory,
J. M. Shelburne,
President oe the Board,
President oe the College.
AUDITING COMMITTEE: .
A. W. Bell, Chairman;
D. L. Lewis,
D. H. Marbury.
COMMITTEE ON HONORARY DEGREES:
J. G. LowrEy, Chairman;
M. B. Wharton,
C. S. Rabb,
J. T. ASHCRAET.
ENDOWMENT INVESTMENT COMMITTEE:
A. W. Bell, Chairman;
J. B. Ellis,
A. D. Smith,
D. L. Lewis,
W. A. Davis.
SOCIETY OF ALUMNI
OFFICERS:
A. J. Moon, President East Lake, Ala.
W. C. Griggs, Vice-President Birmingham, Ala.
W. A. Berry, Secretary and Treasurer East Lake, Ala.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
The above Officers and
Dr. E. p. Hogan, Chairman Birmingham, Ala.
Rev. J. M. McCoRD ' East Lake, Ala.
H. C. Montague East Lake, Ala.
C. E. Crossland Montgomery, Ala.
A. L. Smith East Lake, Ala.
D. C. Cooper, Jr Oxford, Ala.
All former students of good standing are eligible to membership,
and they may become members by the payment of the annual dues
($i.oo), which should be sent to
W. A. Berry, Secretary and Treasurer,
East Lake Station,
Birmingham, Ala.
FACULTY,
1907 -1908
ANDREW PHILIP MONTAGUE, Ph.D., LL.D.^
President of the College,
Lecturer on Literature and History.
ROBERT JUDSON WALDROP, A.M.,
Professor Emeritus of Pure Mathematics.
EDWARD BRAND, A.M., M.S., L.H.D.,
Dean of the Faculty,
Professor of Mathematics.
ALLEN JEFFERSON MOON, A.M.,
Professor of Greek and Latin.
JOHN C. DAWSON, A.B.,
Professor of Modern Languages.
J. A. HENDRICKS, A.M.,
Professor of English and the Bible.
ALFRED H. OLIVE, A.M.,
Professor of Chemistry and Biology.
J. W. VARDAMAN, A.B.,
Principal of the Academy,
Assistant Professor of History and Mathematics.
DAVIS F. STAKELY, A.B., LL.B.,
Assistant Professor of English and Latin.
ALBERT LEE SMITH, A.M,
Assistant Professor of Biology and Mathematics,
Commandant of the Cadet Corps.
WILLIAM A. BERRY, B.S.,
Instructor in Mathematics and Physics.
C. C. JONES, M.D.,
College Physician and Lecturer on Hygiene.
E. L. BARLOW,
Librarian.
E. P. JACOBS,
A. C. ANDERSON,
Post Adjutants.
FACULTY,
1908-1909.
ANDREW PHILIP MONTAGUE, A.M., Ph.D., LL.D.,
Pre;sident of the College,
Lecturer on Literature and History.
Partial Graduate University of Virginia ; A.M., 1882, Columbian
University; Ph.D., 1894, Columbian University; LL.D., Richmond Col-
lege, 1896; Instructor and Professor of Latin, Columbian University,
Washington, D. C, 1875-1897; Dean Columbian College, 1895-1897;
President Furman University, South Carolina, 1897-1902; President
Howard College since 1902 ; Editor Letters of Cicero and Letters of
Pliny.
GEORGE W. MACON, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.,
Dean of the College,
Professor of Biology.
A.B., Howard College, 1884; A.M., Howard College; Ph.D., Uni-
versity of Alabama ; Graduate Student Columbia University, New York,
and Brooklyn Biological Institute, New York; Professor in Howard
College ; Professor of Biology, Mercer University, Georgia, 1895 to 1908.
Elected Dean of Howard College, 1908.
* EDWARD BRAND, A.M., M.S., L.H.D.,
Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy.
A.B., Kentucky State College, Lexington, 1894, and A.M., 1896;
Teacher, Cynthiana (Ky.) High School, 1897; Student University of
Chicago, summer quarters, 1899, 1901, and 1903; M.S., Kentucky State
College, 1904. Member of Faculty of Howard College since 1898; Dean,
1 906- 1908.
* On leave of absence.
ALLEN JEFFERSON MOON, A.M.,
Professor of Greek and Latin.
A.B, Lineville College, 1896; A.B., Howard College, 1897; A.M.,
Howard College, 1902; Teacher Hartselle College, 1897-1899; Student
University of Chicago, summer quarter, 1903 ; Professor of Latin, Raw-
lings Institute, Virginia; Professor Greek and Latin, Howard College,
since 1901 ; Treasurer of College since 1907 ; President of Society of
Alumni, 1908-1909.
JOHN C. DAWSON, A.B.,
Professor of Modern Languages.
A.B., Georgetown College, 1901 ; Principal Scottsboro (Ala.) Bap-
tist Institute, 1901-1903; Studied in Germany and France spring and
summer 1903 ; Student Cornell University, summer 1904, and University
of Chicago, summer 1905 ; in Germany, summer 1907 ; Professor Modern
Languages in Howard College since 1903.
JAMES ALBERT HENDRICKS, A.B., Th.B.,
Professor of Economics and History, and
Instructor in the Bible.
A.B. and A.M., Howard College, 1892; Th.B., Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1895 ; Student of Church History,
Union Seminary, New York, 1902-1903; Graduate Student Columbia
University. New York, 1902-1903; Professor in Howard College since
1905.
ALFRED H. OLIVE, A.M.,
Acting Professor of Chemistry and Physics.
A.B., 1905; A.M., 1906, Wake Forest College; Instructor and Stu-
dent at Wake Forest, 1905-1906; Instructor and Student Cornell Univer-
sity. 1906-1907; Acting Professor Howard College since 1907.
EARLE BROADUS FOWLER, A.B.,
Acting Professor of English and Moral Philosophy.
A.B., Wake Forest College, 1903 ; Graduate Student University of
Chicago, 1905-1907; Instructor in English, Wake Forest College; Prin-
cipal Public School, Monroe, N. C. ; Professor of English, Baptist Uni-
versity for Women, Raleigh, N. C, 1907-1908. Elected Acting Professor
Howard College, 1908.
Acting Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy.
WILLIAM A. BERRY, B.S.,
Acting Principal of the Academy.
B.S., Howard College, 1906; Assistant Principal, Jasper Graded
Schools, 1906-1908; Elected Acting Principal of the Academy June,
1908; Secretary and Treasurer, Society of the Alumni, 1908-1909.
C. C. JONES, M.D.,
College Physician and Lecturer on Hygiene.
Graduate Centre Ridge Academy, Alabama; M.D., Philadelphia
University of Medicine and Surgery, 1870; Certificate from New York
Polyclinic, 1888 ; President Alabama State Medical Association, 1904-
1905 ; Member Board of Examiners, U. S. Bureau of Pensions, Birming-
ham, 1907 — .
HOWARD COLLEGE
COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY
1908- 1909.
On Athletics:
PROFESSORS OLIVE AND FOWLER, AND MR. BERRY.
On Buildings and Grounds :
THE PRESIDENT, THE DEAN AND THE TREASURER.
On Catalogue and Other Publications :
THE DEAN AND PROFESSORS DAWSON AND FOWLER.
On Lectures and Entertainments :
PROFESSORS MOON, HENDRICKS AND OLIVE.
On Library:
PROFESSORS DAWSON, MOON AND HENDRICKS.
On Schedule and Curriculum :
PROFESSORS FOWLER AND DAWSON, AND MR. BERRY.
On Senior and Graduate Studies :
THE DEAN, PROFESSOR MOON AND THE PROFESSOR OF
MATHEMATICS.
On Student Organizations and Petitions :
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND PROFESSORS
HENDRICKS AND OLIVE.
A. J. MOON,
Treasurer of the College.
J. C. DAWSON,
Purchasing Agent.
WILLIAM A. BERRY,
Commandant and Secretary of the Faculty.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOWARD COLLEGE.
By Rijv. John R. Sampijy. D.D., LL.D.,
Professor in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
FOUNDING OF THE COLLEGE.
In August, 1833, the Alabama Baptist State Convention,
at a thinly-attended meeting, resolved to found a school for
the education of young ministers. It was deemed best to com-
bine manual labor with mental cultivation. In 1834 a farm of
three hundred and fifty-five acres, within a mile of Greens-
boro, was purchased for $6,390, payment to be made in three
annual installments. At a meeting of the State Convention in
1835 the agents reported that $12,000 had been subscribed
for the Manual Labor School. The Trustees of the institution
announced to the Convention of 1836 the attendance of fifty
students. By formal resolution the Convention declared that
the chief aim in founding the school was "the improvement of
the ministry of our denomination." The financial panic of
1837, together with internal disorder and dissensions in the
Manual Labor School, so discouraged the State Convention
that at an adjourned session in December, 1837, it ordered the
sale of the property to meet an indebtedness of $7,000. The
balance of $2,000 was appropriated to ministerial education.
In Rev. Thomas Chilton's admirable Report on Educa-
tion, presented to the Alabama Baptist State Convention in
1849, "'•'^y be found a brief history of the founding and early
life of the Howard. We quote the first two paragraphs : "The
incipient steps toward establishing Howard College were taken
by the Alabama Baptist State Convention, at its regular annual
meeting in Talladega,- in November, 1841. At that time it was
resolved to establish a college of a high character ; a plan for
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its endowment was proposed ; an agent was appointed ; Marion,
Perry County, was selected as the location ; a Board of thirteen
Trustees was appointed to control said institution, to whom all
subscriptions were to be made payable, and by whom, when
they should become a corporate body, all property of the
institution should be held."
In January, 1842, the school was opened, with Prof. S. S.
vSherman, a graduate of Bowdoin College, and more recently
a tutor in Tuskaloosa, as President and sole teacher. Nine
small boys, meeting in a modest wooden building, formed the
original student-body over which the accomplished and wise
young master presided. The number of students rose to thirty-
one before June, 1842.
THE CHARTER.
The Board of Trustees announced to the State Convention
in 1842 that a charter for Howard College had been obtained,
and proposed a plan for endowing a Professorship of Theology
with $20,000. The Convention approved the plan, and two
years later the entire amount had been subscribed. During the
session of 1842-3 Mr. Sherman was reinforced by Prof. S.
Lindsey and an assistant. Prof. A. A. Connella and Jesse
Hartwell were added to the Faculty during the session of
1843-4.
In 1844, just as Rev. J. H. DeVotie was commencing a
campaign for the further endowment of the Howard, the
college building was destroyed by fire. Through the earnest
efforts of the students, aided by the citizens, the library and
the physical and astronomical apparatus were saved. New
grounds were purchased for $1,500, and a better building,
erected at a cost of $11,500, was ready for occupancy in 1846.
During the earlier years of its history Howard was not
strictly a college, but only a preparatory school, advancing
students through the Sophomore year. During the session of
1846-7 a Junior class was formed, and on the 27th of July,
1848, four young men were graduated with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, and three with that of Bachelor of Science.
During the session of 1847-8 there were only two theo-
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logical students in the Howard. At the close of the session
Dr. Jesse Hartwell resigned as Professor of Theology, and
Rev. T. F. Curtis, of Tuscaloosa, was elected to the chair.
During the session of 1848-9 there were six ministerial stu-
dents in the College, an increase which the Board noted with
much satisfaction, and the total enrollment rose to one hun-
dred and forty-five. There were now six regular instructors,
besides a pupil who assisted in the teaching. President Sher-
man was building wisely, and the Baptist people were justly
proud of their twin schools at Marion.
CHANGE OF PRESIDENT.
On the first of January, 1852, Professor Curtis, who had
previously notified the Board of his purpose to resign, was suc-
ceeded by Rev. Henry Talbird, of Montgomery. Before the
close of the session of 185 1-2, Professor Sherman, who had
presided over the fortunes of the College from its foundation,
informed the Trustees of his intention to sever his connection
with the school at the end of the session. Noah K. Davis, a
gifted scholar and teacher, took Professor Sherman's chair of
Natural Sciences, and Dr. Talbird was chosen as President, a
position which he filled with great acceptance until the war
interrupted the work of the College. Dr. Talbird then donned
the uniform of a Confederate soldier and went to the front.
During the session of 1852-3 the total enrollment of the
students was one hundred and forty-eight, of whom fourteen
were in the Theological Department.
THE FIRE.
On the night of October 15th, 1854, the College building
was burned to the ground. President Talbird had inspected the
building, and all the students had retired for the night. About
midnight the cry of "Fire!" was heard. Already the flames,
which seem to have originated on the basement floor, were
sweeping up the wooden stairways, cutting off all escape to the
students on the upper floors. "The faithful janitor, Harry, a
slave belonging to President Talbird, was the first to be
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aroused by the fire. He flew up the steps with lightning speed,
through flame and smoke, and showed his devotion to the stu-
dents by rushing to each door of the rooms occupied by the
sleeping inmates, and apprised them of their peril. Coming fre-
quently into contact with the flames, the heroic negro abated not
his haste or determination to arouse the inmates of each room.
When the circuit had been made, poor Harry sprang for his
life from a high window and fell to the earth in an unconscious
condition, his clothes almost consumed by the fire, and hair and
eyebrows burnt away. The faithful slave was soon a corpse —
he had given his life for others." — (Riley, History of the Bap-
tists of Alabama.) The students of the Howard and mem-
bers of the Alabama Baptist Convention united in erecting a
monument in the cemetery at Marion to the heroic janitor.
Only one student lost his life_ through the fire, but two
professors and about ten students were more or less seriously
injured, most of them from having to jump to the ground from
the upper floors. The apparatus, cabinets and libraries in the
building were a total loss. Howard College was left with a
building lot, old notes on endowment estimated at $40,000, and
new subscriptions, obtained in the summer of 1854 by Rev.
Z. G. Henderson, amounting to something over $10,000.
THE REBUILDING OF THE COLLEGE.
In this season of calamity the friends of the Howard ral-
lied to its support. Marion led in the good work. Dr. J. T.
Barron, a member of the first graduating class of the College,
gave a better lot for the new buildings, and the citizens of
Marion subscribed liberally for the erection of these buildings.
Rev. J. H. DeVotie accepted the position of financial agent for
the College, and within a year had raised $40,000 for new build-
ings and additional endowment. Prof. Noah K. Davis drew
the plans for the three new buildings, which, when completed,
became the home of Howard College until its removal to East
Lake in 1887.
In 1856 Rev. Washington Wilkes, one of the first grad-
uates of the College, succeeded Rev. J. H. DeVotie as finan-
cial agent. Early in 1857 the Board of Trustees reported that
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the total endowment fund of Howard was $95,528.21. The
chapel and one of the dormitory buildings was then ready for
occupancy. During 1857 Rev. Z. G. Henderson added to the
permanent funds of the College $48,000. In the report for
1857, the Board for the first time mentioned the name of
Mr. Jere H. Brown, of Sumter County, who did so much for
the Howard within the next three years. They tell us that
Mr. Brown had promised to support six theological students.
Within two years the number of ministerial students rose from
seven to twenty-one, of whom Mr. Brown was supporting
twelve. Rev. W. S. Barton, the financial secretary for 1858,
reported to the Board $47,000 in conditional subscriptions. It
was agreed that none of these subscriptions would be binding
unless $100,000 should be raised. During the session of 1858-9
there were twenty-four students for the ministry in Howard.
Howard College has had only one Jere H. Brown. Blessings
on his memory !
THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES.
Early in the Civil War President Talbird became Colonel
of the Forty-first Alabama Regiment. The attendance of stu-
dents fell off until only two professors were retained in the
College — A. B. Goodhue and D. B. Sherman. In 1862 Gen-
eral E. D. King, of ]\larion, died. Dr. B. F. Riley does not
overstate the value of his services when he says: "It is not
too much to say that the denomination of the State is more
indebted to General E. D. King for the successful establishment
and maintenance of its two schools than to any other."
In May, 1863, the Confederate authorities made applica-
tion for the use of the Howard buildings for hospital purposes.
The request was granted, and the exercises of the College were
suspended until after the war. In 1865 the Federal soldiers
occupied the buildings as a hospital. Against the earnest and
repeated protest of the Trustees, one of the dormitories was
appropriated to the use of the freed negroes. As was foreseen,
this resulted in serious damage to the building. The property
of the College w^as held under libel for confiscation by the
United States Marshal, but was subsequently released.
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THE COLLEGE REOPENED.
In the fall of 1865 the College was opened for students,
with a Faculty consisting of Profs. A. B. Goodhue, E. Q.
Thornton, and Tutor D. P. Goodhue. Dr. Talbird declined to
accept the office of President. Shortly after the meeting of
the State Convention in November, 1865, Dr. J. L. M. Curry
yielded to the entreaty of the Board, and became President
of the Howard until the close of the session of 1867-8. He
labored against untold difficulties arising from the impover-
ished condition of the people of Alabama. The crops of 1866
were almost a failure, so that he could do little to provide
funds for the institution. In the face of the financial depres-
sion, the ladies of Marion spent nearly $600 for repairs and
improvements upon the buildings anH grounds.
During the first three sessions after the war the attend-
ance of students in the Howard was small. In 1867-8 there
were only fifty names on the roll.
After Dr. Curry's resignation, Professor Thornton was
made the administrative head of the school. His brief admin-
istration of one year was eminently successful in increasing the
attendance, one hundred and fifteen names appearing on the
roll. At the close of the session he gave up the presidency,
retaining, however, his chair in the College. Rev. Samuel R.
Freeman, who was graduated from the Howard in 1855, was
elected President of the College in 1869. He met the highest
expectation of his friends during the two years he held the
place. The attendance rose in 1869-70 to one hundred and
eighty-four. There was a considerable falling off the following
year.
DR. DILL.
In the catalogue for 1869-70 appeared for the first time
the name of Thomas J. Dill as Professor of Greek and Latin
Literature. For more than a quarter of a century this great
teacher gave to Howard College service of the first order.
Hundreds of young men in a score of States revere his
memory.
When Dr. Freeman gave up the presidency in 1871, retain-
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ing for a short time the position of Professor of Theology, the
Trustees called Colonel J. T. Murfee, who was already known
to the people of Alabama as an excellent organizer, disciplina-
rian and instructor, to become President of Howard College.
For sixteen years he filled the office with great ability, and it
was the wish of the alumni and other friends of the College
that he should preside over its fortunes as long as his strength
would allow. He resigned in 1887, when the Convention
decided to remove the Howard from Marion to East Lake.
The first serious effort to endow Howard College after the
war had its origin in connection with the Centennial of Ameri-
can Independence. The subject of endowment came before the
Alabama Baptist State Convention in 1875, and it was agreed
that the Centennial among Alabama Baptists should be cele-
brated by raising an endowment for Howard College. It was
suggested that it was practical to secure as much as one dollar
for every Baptist in the State. A Central Centennial Com-
mittee, consisting of one member from each district association
in the State, was appointed, and Rev. J. J. D. Renfroe, D.D.,
was chosen as general agent to superintend the movement. He
went over the State making speeches in the interest of the Col-
lege, and did much to advertise the school among the Baptists
everyAvhere, but the plan was foredoomed to failure, as far
as financial results were concerned. Wealthy Baptists were
prompt to come forward with one dollar each, when they ought
to have put hundreds and thousands into the endowment. The
agent gave a year of self-sacrificing toil to the cause of educa-
tion, and those who' are familiar with the situation before and
after 1876 think the year bore good fruit in many directions.
But Howard had no endowment at the close of the Centennial
campaign.
From 1876 to 1878 W. D. Fonville was Professor of
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. During the sessions of
1877-9 J- M- ^il^ taught Chemistry and Natural History. In
the fall of 1876 Lewis T. Gwathmey came to teach Mathe-
matics and Modern Languages. He was a teacher of the first
rank and a Christian gentleman of exalted ideas. He was
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Stricken with a fatal attack of fever in the summer of 1881.
Colonel W. R. Boggs served as Professor of Chemistry, etc.,
from 1879 to 1881. Colonel A. F. Redd succeeded Professor
Boggs in 1 881, and Prof. A. D. Smith took the place of the
lamented Gwathmey. The Faculty for the last six years at
Marion consisted of J. T. Murfee, Thomas J. Dill, A. F. Reed
and A. D. Smith, together with a teacher of the Preparatory
Department.
The attendance of students in 1871-2 was one hundred and
thirty-five. It fell to eighty-eight in 1879-80. The average
attendance for the last sixteen years at Marion was one hun-
dred and twelve.
In 1884 Howard College was sold, the property being
bought in by certain friends of the school. This step was
taken in order to settle forever the question of free tuition for
persons holding ante-bellum certificates of scholarship.
REMOVAL OF THE COLLEGE.
The State Convention in Birmingham in 1886 tendered
its thanks to Colonel J. B. Lovelace and Dr. W. W. Wilkerson
for their wisdom and generosity in securing the title to the
College property and dedicating it to the Convention. Now
that the Convention had a title to Howard College, unincum-
bered, it was deemed wise to proceed at once to raise an ade-
quate endowment. Pledges amounting to $6,600 were made
by the members of the Convention in a few minutes, and the
enthusiasm ran high. This was on Saturday afternoon, July
17, 1886. On the following Monday night Dr. E. B. Teague
introduced a resolution looking to the removal of Howard Col-
lege to the neighborhood of Birmingham. After much earnest
discussion on Tuesday morning the resolution inviting bids
from land companies for the removal of the College was
adopted. A committee of five was appointed to receive bids
and report back to the next meeting of the Convention. Dr.
G. A. Nunnally, appointed financial agent, raised in cash
$2,172.97 and in subscriptions for permanent endowment about
$14,000. Partly owing to the discussion of removal, the attend-
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ance at Howard fell off a little during the session of 1886-7,
and there was a deficit of $1,632.29 for the year.
At the State Convention in Union Springs in July, 1887,
there was a spirited debate over the question of removing the
Howard from Marion. Several bids were reported from land
companies. It was finally decided that the College should be
removed, and a prudential committee of thirteen was appointed
to examine the various bids, with power to accept the bid which
promised most for the future of the College. The subscription
of the East Lake Company and others cooperating with them
amounted to an estimated total of $170,075, most of which con-
sisted of donations of land at the inflated prices then prevailing
in and around Birmingham. This bid was ultimately accepted
by the prudential committee, and the College opened at East
Lake in October, 1887.
Meantime the boom at Birmingham had collapsed, and
men found it difficult to redeem their pledges in money. More-
over, but little had actually been subscribed apart from dona-
tions of land. It was with great difficulty that $8,000 could
be got together to erect two temporary wooden buildings for
the school by October ist.
THE COLLEGE AT EAST LAKE.
Professors Dill, Smith and Giles came with the books and
fixtures to East Lake, and Professors Macon and Waldrop
were added to the Faculty. Prof. Robert Frazer, LL.D., hav-
ing declined the presidency, Dr. T. J. Dill was elected Chair-
man of the Faculty for the session of 1887-8. He discharged
the duties of the office in a most creditable manner.
Prof. J. L. Johnson, LL.D., of the University of Missis-
sippi, was elected by the Board in 1888 as President of the
Howard, but he declined the call. Late in the summer of 1888
the position was tendered to Rev. B. F. Riley, who accepted,
and at once went to work to secure students for the approach-
ing session. The presence of yellow fever in the State greatly
hindered the new President, so that the enrollment for the
year was only one hundred and forty-three. Dr. Riley main-
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tained a close supervision over the student-body. He soon
became known as a rigid disciplinarian and diligent canvassing
agent. Early in 1889 Rev. D. I. Purser succeeded Dr. Shaffer
as financial agent, and secured about $32,000 in notes for the
erection of a permanent building. During the summer of 1889
Mrs. Tartt, of Livingston, Mrs. Ethridge, of Avondale, and
other ladies furnished new beds and bedding for the Howard
dormitory. Dr. Riley and two of his colleagues went all over
Alabama during the vacation, canvassing for students, and they
had their reward in the increased attendance.
At Selma, in November, 1889, the Baptists of the entire
State rallied nobly to the support of their College, pledging
$14,415.51 for the new buildings. The Convention of 1889
was remarkable for the restoration of harmony in the ranks of
the denomination. The number of students during the session
of 1889-90 was one hundred and seventy, and during the fol-
lowing session it rose to two hundred and six, a larger number
than had ever before been matriculated at the Howard. The
main building was completed in the spring of 1891.
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL.
In June, 1892, Howard College celebrated its semi-cen-
tennial, when addresses were delivered by Rev. J. B. Haw-
tliorne, D.D., General George D. Johnston, Prof. D. G. Lyon
and others. In the summer of 1893 Dr. Riley accepted a pro-
fessorship in the University of Georgia. Rev. A. W. McGaha,
an alumnus of the Howard, was chosen as President of the
College. Dr. McGaha found the College deeply m debt, owing
to the failure of many subscribers to meet their notes to the
building fund.
During the session of 1893-4 one hundred and fifty-two
students were enrolled, nineteen of whom were graduated in
June, 1894. The College grounds were improved in appear-
ance by the voluntary work of the students, who dug up trees
and stumps, and made and graded walks through the campus.
A gracious revival of religion swept through the College, under
the preaching of Rev. L. O. Dawson and Rev. J. H. Foster,
all the students in the barracks except one being converted.
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In the summer of 1895 Prof. G. W. Macon accepted a call
to Mercer University. Mr. S. J. Ansley was selected to assist
Professor Dill in Latin and Greek. In June, 1896, Dr. McGaha
declined reelection as President, and Prof. A. D. Smith was
made Chairman of the Faculty for the year 1896-7. Drs. B. D.
Gray and P. T. Hale and Rev. W. A. Hobson took the field in
the interest of the Howard, and soon raised in cash $8,000.
But the debt of the College, allowing liberally for certain assets,
was $26,000.
CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION. .
Prof. A. D. Smith resigned his chair in Howard at the
close of the session of 1896-7. Prof. F. M. Roof was made
Chairman of the Faculty, and Edwin H. Foster was elected
Professor of English. Edgar P. Hogan, a recent alumnus of
the Howard, was chosen Professor of Natural Sciences, and
he was, until June, 1906, Chairman of the Faculty and Com-
mandant. In 1898 Professor Edward Brand, a graduate of the
State College of Kentucky, was added to the Faculty; and in
August, 1906, he was elected Chairman of the Faculty.
A committee, appointed by the State Convention in Decem-
ber, 1897, to ascertain the value of the land and buildings,
reported that the buildings and fixtures were worth about
$30,000, and all the lands, originally put at over $100,000,
were now worth about $8,105.20. If a purchaser could have
been found for the College property in 1897, ^^^ institution
would not have been able to meet its indebtedness with the
proceeds of the sale.
The Faculty of Howard College now came to the rescue
and were successful in their management of affairs. The State
Convention at Opelika in 1898 decided to come to the relief
of the brave Faculty. Through the labors of a committee, con-
sisting of B. D. Gray, A. C. Davidson, F. M. Roof and D. L.
Lewis, the entire debt of Howard College was paid in full on
the 14th day of July, 1899. D. L. Lewis, of Sycamore, Ala-
bama, led all the givers, though others gave liberally. He also
aided his colleagues of the committee in securing large con-
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tributions from men of means. It began to look as if the spirit
of Jere H. Brown had come back to earth again.
Meantime President Roof and the Faculty conducted the
discipline and instruction with great faithfulness and good suc-
cess. In June, 1902, President Roof voluntarily retired from
the presidency, after five years of good work. Rev. L. O.
Dawson was elected President later on in the same month, but
declined the office. At the State Convention in New Decatur,
June, 1902, steps were taken to improve the charter of the
College, and nearly $2,000 was subscribed toward paying the
salary of the incoming President.
In 1901 Allen J. Moon, a graduate of Howard College and
some time student in the University of A^irginia, was chosen
Professor of Greek and Latin. In 1902 G. W. Cunningham,
an alumnus of Furman University, was put in charge of Eng-
lish and Philosophy, and the next year John C. Dawson, who
graduated from Georgetown College, was elected to the chair
of Modern Languages. The year before M. B. Garrett, an
A.M. of Howard College, was added to the teaching corps.
Mr. Garrett having resigned in 1905, Mr. J. W. Vardaman, a
graduate of the University of Alabama, was chosen Principal
of the Academy, and Mr. D. F. Stakely, an alumnus of Mercer
University, and Mr. Albert Lee Smith, Howard, '05, were
added to the Academy teaching force. In May, 1905, Prof.
G. W. Cunningham, having been offered a scholarship in Cor-
nell University, was granted leave of absence, and J. A.
Hendricks, A.B., Howard College, and some time a special
student in Columbia University, N. Y., was appointed Acting
Professor of English and Philosophy.
DR. MONTAGUE.
Since the fall of 1902 A. P. Montague, LL.D., has pre-
sided over the fortunes of the Howard. The Trustees counted
themselves happy to be able to secure the service3 of a trained
and experienced educator, who had demonstrated in other
States his ability to cope with difficult situations. Since Dr.
Montague's connection with the Howard the grounds have
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been much improved in appearance, a substantial stone wall
has been placed in front of the campus, additions have been
made to the Faculty, the roll of students has been increased
from one hundred and twenty to two hundred and seven. Ren-
froe Hall, a commodious brick dormitory, has been erected
and furnished at a cost of $18,000, and the Baptists of the
State have contributed nearly $3,000 a year to current expenses.
President Montague threw himself into the work of canvass-
ing for students and raising money with such unremitting zeal
that he seemed at one time about to break down his health.
The friends of the College rejoice in his recovery, and stand
ready to follow his leadership in promoting the interests of
the Howard.
A substantial, tasteful and convenient brick building was
erected in 1905, at a cost of $10,000, with special reference to
the immediate needs Of the Library and for the accommodation
of classes.
By action of the Trustees, this building bears the name
Montague Hall, in memory of Mrs. May Christian Montague.
In May, 1906, Prof. E. P. Hogan, who had for years
faithfully served the College as professor and Chairman of
the Faculty, resigned to practice medicine, and Prof. Edward
Brand was chosen Chairman of the Faculty. In May, 1907,
Dr. Brand was elected Dean of the Faculty. At the same
time A. H. Olive, a graduate of Wake Forest College, N. C,
and later a graduate student in Cornell University, N. Y., was
elected Professor of Chemistry and Biology. In 1908 Assistant
Professor Albert Lee Smith severed his connection with the
College to enter into business with his father, Prof. A. D.
Smith, and Mr. W. A. Berry, a recent graduate, was chosen
to succeed him.
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ORGANIZATION.
The College is composed of nine academic schools or
departments, as follows :
I. School of English and Elocution.
II. School of Latin Language and Literature.
III. School of Greek Language and Literature.
IV. School of Modern Languages.
V. School of Mathematics.
VI. School of Physics and Astronomy.
VII. School of Chemistry and Biology.
VIII. School of Mental and Moral Sciences and the Bible.
IX. School of History and Political Economy.
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DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION.
I— School of English and Elocution
Professor Hendricks.
Mr. Vardaman.
This school offers instruction in the principles of gram-
mar, rhetoric, and composition, and in the critical study of
prose and poetry. Its purposes are: (a) to cultivate the
habit of clear, consecutive thought; (&) to engender a spirit
of careful attention to details ; {c) to familiarize students with
the basic principles of prose composition, and to gain some
practical knowledge of composition as an art; (rf) to aid in
accurate and concise expression of ideas ; {e) to gain a general
acquaintance with representative English and American authors
and some familiarity with the history of English and American
literature; (/) to create, as far as may be, and cultivate a
sympathetic interest in the masterpieces of the English lan-
guage.
COURSES OF STUDY.
Course I. — Pive hours a week, entire year. This course
is a transition from the study of grammar to that of composi-
tion. It first endeavors to give a comprehensive and inspiring
view of grammar, dealing especially with the nature and struc-
ture of the sentence. This is followed by a study of the first
principles of practical composition and a reading of some
classics. This course presupposes a thorough acquaintance
with grammar.
Texts. — The English Sentence, Kimball ; Composition and Rhet-
oric, Arnold, Kittridge and Hubbard ; Classics.
Course II. — (i) Pive hours a week, first term. This
course is devoted exclusively to a study of practical compo-
sition. Emphasis is placed upon originality and neatness in
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work and accuracy in expression. Themes are written fre-
quently by students and submitted for correction.
Text. — To be selected.
(2) Five hours a zveek, second term. This work attempts
a view of the field of American literature, its historical as well
as literary aspect being taken into consideration. Frequent
themes, based upon a study of representative masterpieces of
American authors, are required.
Texts. — History of American Literature, Bronson ; Classics.
Course III. — Three hours a zveek, entire year. The pur-
pose of this course is to gain a comprehensive view of English
literature. The literary history of England from Chaucer
through the age of Victoria is carefully followed ; and this
study is supplemented by a first-hand investigation of authors
representative of the different periods. Lectures by Dr. Mon-
tague present the vital obligations of English literature to the
literature of Greece and Rome.
Texts. — History of English Literature, Crawshaw ; Classics.
Course IV. — Three hours a zveek, entire year. In this
course the interpretative powers of the student are tried by a
critical study of prose and poetry, and a sympathetic appre-
ciation of literature is cultivated. The first term is devoted to
a brief study of the theory of style, followed by an investiga-
tion of selections from the works of English and American
prose writers, such as De Quincey, Burke, Arnold, Hawthorne,
and Lowell. The latter part of the course deals with definite
periods of English literature, the study of each period being
based upon the works of the representative poet.
Texts. — Philosophy of Style, Spencer; Principles of Success in
Literature, Lewes; Handbook of Rhetorical Analysis, Genung; Classics.
For reference : Practical Elements of Rhetoric, Genung.
To graduate students in this department work is offered
in the history of the English language, supplemented by read-
ings in Old and Middle English ; or in the drama, tracing it
from its beginning in the liturgical plays through the Marlowe
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school to its culmination in Shakespeare and its decline in
Jon son and Beaumont and Fletcher.
II— School of the Latin Language and Literature
Professor Moon.
Mr. Stakely.
The purpose of the instruction of this department is to
give the student thorough knowledge of the inflections and
extensive familiarity with the vocabulary of the language, sys-
tematic training in the principles of syntax, and some acquaint-
ance with the history and criticism of Latin literature and with
the public and private life of the Romans ; but greater emphasis
is placed on the study of the language, so as to lay a broad
and solid foundation for more advanced work. Requirements
for entrance to this school are a knowledge of four books of
Cgesar's Gallic War and three or four orations of Cicero.
Two courses in Latin are offered.
Course; L — (i) Cicero De Officiis, Cicero's Letters.
Other topics of study : Latin word formation as an aid in
acquiring a vocabulary; the analysis of simple and compound
sentences ; Roman life and history, suggested in reading the
text; reading at sight. Four periods a zveek, first term.
(2) Continuation of the reading of Cicero's Letters,
Pliny's Letters. At least one period a week during the session
is given to Latin prose composition. Four periods a week,
-second term.
Texts. — Chase and Stuart's De Officiis ; Abbott's edition of Cicero's
Letters ; Montague's edition of Pliny's Letters ; Allen and Greenough's
Latin Grammar, and Nutting's Advanced Latin Composition. For ref-
erence : Gow's Companion to School Classics ; Harper's Dictionary of
Classical Literature and Antiquities ; Johnson's Private Life of the
Romans.
Course IL — (3) Selections from the Odes, Satires and
Epistles of Horace ; systematic study of Latin quantity and
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versification and of Greek and Roman Mythology ; Livy, Books
XXI and XXII ; Latin composition. Some time is also given
to the study of syntax, word formation, etc.
Reading two periods a zveek and Latin prose composition
one period a zveek, first term.
(4) Tacitus' Germania and Agricola; Satires of Juvenal;
systematic study of the syntax of the verb in dependent
clauses ; study of Roman Literature ; Latin composition.
Reading tzvice a zveek and Latin prose composition once a
week, second term.
Texts. — Smith and Greenough's Horace; Chase and Stuart's Livy;
Tyler's Tacitus ; Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar ; Nutting's
Advanced Latin Prose Composition ; Wilkins' Primer of Latin Liter-
ature; White's or Lewis' Latin Dictionary; Kelsey's Outline of Greek
and Roman Mythology. For reference : Same as in Course I, with the
addition of Harper's Latin Dictionary, White's English-Latin Dictionary,
and Hale and Buck's Latin Grammar.
Ill — School of the Greek Language and Literature
Professor Moon.
The instruction in this department is intended (i) to lead
the student to the mastery of the inflections, vocabulary, syntax,
and idioms of the language, and thus enable him to read Greek
with accuracy and readiness; (2) to give him some acquaint-
ance with the masterpieces of Greek Literature and awaken
in him an appreciation of the excellencies of Hellenic genius;
(3) to make the study of Greek an aid in the mastery of
English, and a means of intellectual training and development.
Three courses are provided for in this school.
Course L — (i) Xenophon's Anabasis; systematic study
of grammar; practice in reading at sight; composition and a
study of important principles of word formation. Considera-
tion is also given to questions relating to Greek history and
life which arise in reading the Anabasis. Five periods a week,
first term.
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(2) Xenophon's Anabasis, Books III, IV and V; Xeno-
phon's Symposium. Five periods a week, second term.
Texts. — Harper and Wallace's or Goodwin and White's Xenophon's
Anabasis ; Jones' Greek Composition ; Goodwin's Greek Grammar.
Course; II. — (3) Xenophon's Memorabilia; Plato's
Crito ; systematic study of case relations and the syntax of the
verb ; exercises in Greek prose composition.
Reading three periods a week and composition one period
a week, first term.
(4) Plato's Phgedo; Homer's Iliad; study of versifica-
tion, the Homeric dialect, mythology, Greek history and life,
and Greek literature; exercises in Greek composition.
Reading three periods a. week and composition one period
a week, second term.
Texts. — Smith's Xenophon's Memorabilia; Forman's Selections
from Plato; Leaf and Bayfield's Homer's Iliad; Goodwin's Greek Gram-
mar; Liddell and Scott's Greek Lexicon; Jebb's Primer of Greek Liter-
ature; Mahaffy's Old Greek Life. For reference: Gow's Companion to
School Classics ; Gayley's Classic Myths ; Harper's Dictionary of Classic
Literature and Antiquities ; Murray's Greek Composition for Colleges.
Course; III. — (5) Herodotus; Clouds of Aristophanes.
Some attention will be given to the origin and development of
Greek Comedy and Tragedy, and to the metrical systems of
Aristophanes. Two periods a week, first term.
(6) Greek New Testament. In connection with the
reading of the New Testament attention will be given to the
following topics : Critical comparison of the Authorized and
Revised Versions, the teaching and historical setting of pas-
sages studied, syntax, vocabulary, and composition. Inci-
dentally, word formation, synonyms, and textual criticisms will
be studied. Two periods a zveek, second term.
Texts. — Merriam's Herodotus ; Humphrey's Clouds of Aristo-
phanes ; Westcott and Hort's Greek New Testament ; Green's Handbook
to the Grammar of the New Testament ; Burton's New Testament Mood
and Tense. For reference : Winer's or Blass' Grammar of the Greek
Testament; Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament;
Meyer's or Hackett's Commentary on Acts ; the Appendix to Westcott
and Hort's Greek Testament.
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IV — School of Modern Languages
Professor Dawson.
GERMAN.
I. — I. Elementary German. Five hours. Fall term.
The essentials of German grammar; drill in pronuncia-
tion; reading of very easy German narrative; translation of
simple English into German.
Texts. — Joynes-Wesselhoeft's German Lesson Grammar; Werner-
Spanhoofd's Kleine Geschichten fiir Anfanger; Guerber's Maerchen und
Erzaehlungen, Part II.
2. Elementary German. Five hours. Spring Term.
Grammar; reading of complete selections from several
well-known authors ; short themes ; oral and written reproduc-
tion of short stories read in the class. Special attention paid
throughout the year to acquisition of gender, to idioms and
prepositional phrases.
Texts. — Joynes-Wesselhoeft's German Lesson Grammar; Baum-
bach's Sommermarchen ; Hoffmann's Das Gymnasium zu Stolpenburg;
Schiller's Der Neffe als Onkel.
II. — 3. Intermediate German. Five hours. Fall Term.
Reading from well-known authors ; composition, review of
grammar and syntax ; oral and written reproduction of stories.
Texts. — Pope's German Composition ; Hauff's Lichtenstein ; Suder-
mann's Teja; Schiller's Gustav Adolf in Deutschland and Lied von der
Glocke; Mosher's Willkommen in Deutschland.
4. Advanced German. Five hours. Spring Term.
The reading of German poetic and dramatic works; brief
survey of history of the literature ; composition ; German daily
life; a little time spent on commercial or scientific German.
Texts. — Scheffel's Der Trompeter von Saekkingen; Goethe's Iphi-
genie auf Tauris or Hermann und Dorothea; Keller's Bilder aus der
Deutschen Litteratur; Lessing's Emilia Galotti; Schiller's Die Brant
von Messina.
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FRENCH AND SPANISH.
I. — I. Elementary French. Five hours. Fall Term.
Drill in pronunciation and essentials of grammar ; dictation
exercises ; easy reading begun.
Texts. — Aldrich and Foster's Elementary French ; Sym's Easy
French Reader.
2. Elementary French. Fn>e hours. Spring Term.
Grammar continued; translation from English into
French ; dictation ; reading of stories and easy plays from
well-known modern writers.
Texts. — Aldrich and Foster's Elementary French ; Guerlac's Intro-
duction to French Authors ; Labiche's La Grammaire ; Scribe's Les
Doigts de Fee ; Gerardin's La Joit Fait Peur.
II. — 3. Intermediate French. Three hours. Fall Term.
Reading of works of moderate difficulty from authors of
the nineteenth century ; composition ; history of France ; gram-
matical review.
Texts. — Vreeland and Koren's French Syntax and Composition ;
Feval's La Fee des Greves ; Hugo's Les Miserables (abridged) ; Pail-
leron's L'Etincelle (Guerlac) ; Fraser and Squair's French Grammar.
4. Advanced French. Three hours. Spring Term.
Selected works from seventeenth and eighteenth-century
literature; French daily life; brief survey of history of litera-
ture; several books read privately. History III is a prerequisite
for this course.
Texts. — Moliere's Le Malade Imaginaire; Corneille's Polyencte;
Racine's Esther ; Beaumarchais' Le Barbier de Seville ; Balzac's Le Cure
de Tours; Daily French Life (Newson & Co.). Parallel reading:
Bruno's Tour de la France ; Foncin's Pays de France ; Scientific French
Reader.
III. — Elementary Spanish. Two hours. All Year.
This course is purely elective. No credit given. The
elements of grammar will be studied, and from one to two
hundred pages of easy Spanish will be read.
Texts. — Loiseaux's Spanish Grammar; Becquer's Tales, Legends,
and Poems, or Alarcon's Novelae Cortas.
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V — School of Mathematics
Professor Brand.
Mr. Smith.
This school offers a course in mathematics extending
through the four years of collegiate study. A thorough knowl-
edge of arithmetic and elementary algebra is required for
admission into the Freshman class.
Throughout the entire course reason rather than mem-
orizing is insisted upon. Numerous original problems and
exercises are given to test accuracy and to encourage self-
confidence on the part of students.
The Freshman and Sophomore years include only pure
mathematics. The Juniors continue the same line of work,
with the addition of Plane Surveying, Plane Analytic Geom-
etry, and such applications of mathematics as may seem bene-
ficial to the particular class.
The Senior year, consisting largely of applied mathematics,
is required of none but students of Engineering. This vicinity
offers rare opportunities to students working toward Engineer-
ing. Beginning with the second term of the Junior year, occa-
sional outings will be made to the various railroads, mines,
furnaces, foundries, factories, power-houses, etc., in and around
Birmingham.
course; of study. -
I. — I. Plane) Geometry. — Three hours a zveek, entire year.
Method of developing a demonstration emphasized. The-
ory of limits introduced. Numerous original exercises
assigned. Required of all Freshmen.
Text-Book. — Wentworth, Revised Edition.
2. Algebra, Intermediate Course. — Tzvo hours a zveek
entire year. A rapid review of elementary principles. The use
of the equation stressed. Theory of Limits introduced. Meth-
ods of factoring, Synthetic Division, etc., studied. Required
of all Freshmen.
Text-Book. — Jocelyn.
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II. — 3. Solid Geometry. — Three hours a week, first term.
Rapid review of difficult portions of plane geometry. The
spacial concept and spacial relations emphasized. Solid
and Spherical Geometry completed.
Text-Book. — Weiitworth, Revised.
4. Algebra, Advanced Course. — Two hours a week,
first term. The uses of the equation, of proportion and of
variation stressed. Series, The Binomial Theorem, Loga-
rithms, Annuities, The Theory of Limits, Undetermined Co-
efficients, Indeterminate Equations.
Text-Book. — Jocelyn.
5. Plane Trigonometry. — Three hours a zveek, latter
lialf of Sophomore year. Ratio definition of functions of
angles, theory of limits as affecting functions of angles, func-
tions of multiple and fractional angles, right and oblique plane
triangles.
Text-Book. — Wentworth, Revised.
6. Physics (Elementary Course). — Tzi'o hours a zveek.
See Physics I.
III. — 7. Plane Trigonometry (Advanced Course). — Three
hours a zveek, first term. Review of Trigonometry with
certain applications. Plane Surveying, the logarithmic
series, development of the functions of angles.
Text-Book.-^'W tr[i^Norih, Revised.
-' 8. Physics (Intermediate Course). — Two hours a week,
entire year. See Physics II.
9. Analytic Geometry. — Three hours a zveek, second
term. The straight line, circle, parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.
Text-Book. — Bailey and Wood.
IV. — 10. Spherical Trigonometry with Astronomy. See
Astronomy I.
II. Physics (Advanced Course). — Tzvo hours a week,
entire year. See Physics III.
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12. Review oe Algebra and Arithmetic. — One hour
a week, entire year. Required of all Seniors. Text-Book. —
Any advanced arithmetic.
V. — 13. Differential and Integral Calculus. — Three
hours a week, one year. Offered primarily for students
working toward Engineering. Open to others who show
ability to handle mathematics.
Text-Book. — Osborne.
14. Analytic Geometry. — (Advanced Course.)
Text-Book.— C Smith.
15. Calculus. — (Advanced course.)
Text-Book. — Murray or Byerly.
Note. — No. 13 is for either undergraduate or graduate
students; Nos. 14 and 15, for graduate work and recitations
by appointment.
VI — School of Physics and Astronomy
Professor Brand.
Mr. Smith.
Recognizing the great progress made during the last eight
to ten years in the science of Physics, the policy of the College
is to develop this department of its work as rapidly as possible.
Throughout the three years' course the subject is presented
as a mathematical science ; numerous problems follow each
chapter to test the student's knowledge of the theory. Labora-
tory work is given parallel with the Junior and Senior years,
and by means of mathematical checks the quantitative side of
experiments is emphasized.
Astronomy, presupposing some knowledge of advanced
mathematics and physics, is offered during the senior year.
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COURSE OP STUDY.
Physics i. — Parallel with Mathematics II. One day a
week, nine months, or tzvo days a week second term.
Text. — Introduction to Physical Science, Revised — Gage.
Physics 2. — Tzvo days a week, nine months: Parallel
with Mathematics III.
Te^:^.— Millikan and Gale.
Physics 3. — Tivo days a week, nine months.
Text. — Electricity and Magnetism — Jackson.
Astronomy. — Two days a week, nine months.
Text. — Young.
VII — School of Chemistry and Biology
Professor Olive.
Course I. — General Inorganic Chemistry. — The funda-
mental laws of Chemistry are studied, together with the his-
tory, occurrence, preparation, properties, and uses of the more
common elements and their compounds. Th'e lectures are inter-
spersed with interesting experiments for the purpose of demon-
strating the principles brought out in the discussions.
The students are required to do individual laboratory
work, thus becoming objectively familiar with the subjects
taught, learning to manipulate apparatus and to draw conclu-
sions from what they have observed. Each student keeps a
laboratory note-book, in which he records the work done. This
note-book is handed to the instructor for examination and
criticism.
Lectures. — Three hours a week, entire year.
Laboratory.— Two hours a week, entire year.
Required for A.B. and B.S. Credit, 3 points.
r^4-f.— Newell.
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Course II. — The course extends throughout the year, and
comprises qualitative analysis and organic chemistry.
Lectures. — Two hours a week, entire year.
Laboratory. — Four hours a week, entire year.
Required for B.S., elective for A.B. Credit, 4 points.
(a) Qualitative Analysis. — The laws underlying the sep-
aration of elements and their identification are first studied.
The lectures include, besides this, discussions of the chemical
reactions involved in the separation of the common metals and
in the identification of the common acids.
In the laboratory the student makes practical application
of these principles. Familiarity with the tables and knowledge
of the processes involved are gained by working with known
solutions. When this is accomplished, unknown mixtures are
given each student, and he is required to report both the metals
and acids therein.
Text. — Mason.
(b) Organic Chemistry. — A study of the hydrocarbons
and their derivatives. Compounds with their important deriv-
atives are studied from the paraffine, ethylene, acetylene and
benzine series. Special emphasis is given to the more common
commercial organic compounds, as ether, alcohol, chloroform,
fats, soaps, sugars, starches, etc.
The laboratory work consists of the preparation of repre-
sentative compounds studied in the lectures.
Text. — ^Remsen.
Course III. — Qualitative Analysis. — The course com-
prises qualitative analysis by gravimetric and volumetric
methods. Time is devoted to weighing, igniting, making
standard solutions, and titrating. The analysis includes com-
mon chemical salts, coals, ores, etc.
The student may choose the class of compounds to be
analyzed to suit the requirements of the special work he has
in mind.
Lecture. — One hour a week, entire year.
Laboratory. — Six hours a week, entire year.
Elective for B.S. and A.B. Credit, 3 points.
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BIOLOGY.
Course I. — General Biology. — The aim of the lectures
is to give the student a knowledge of the principles of the
structure and physiology of living things. A comparative
study is made of the characteristics of the different type of
both animal and plant life. Special stress is laid on the cell
structure, thus laying a foundation for further investigation.
The theories of growth, development, fertilization, and repro-
duction are given and illustrated by examples from life. The
course begins with the forms of life, as the amoeba and yeast
plant, and the successive steps to the higher organisms are
noted. Microscopic demonstrations accompany the lectures.
Lectures. — Three hours a week, entire year.
Required for A.B. and B.S. Credit, 3 points.
Course II. — Physiology. — An elementary knowledge of
general physiology is expected of those who take this course.
The vital processes, respiration, circulative and digestive, are
studied in detail. These processes are explained as far as pos-
sible by physical and chemical laws. Emphasis is given to
the function and the structure of the important organs of the
body. The nervous system and hygienic laws receive the
attention their importance demands. The compound micro-
scope is used to good advantage in many parts of this course.
Lectures. — Two hours a week, entire year.
Required for B.S., elective for A.B. Credit, 2 points.
Te.Yt. — Huxley. (Translation by Lee.)
Course III. — Geology. — A course in general geology for
the purpose of giving the student a knowledge of the history
of the formation of the earth. The destructive and the con-
structive agencies now at work are used to explain the changes
in the surface of the earth in the past as well as the present.
The course includes Dynamic, Structural, and Historical
Geology. The different eras and periods are studied as to
their formation and structure, and the evidences of life as
recorded by fossils. Frequent excursions to points of interest
are taken by the class, in charge of the teacher. The easy
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access to coal and iron mines gives good opportunity for geo-
logical study in the Birmingham district.
Lectures. — Two hours a week, entire year.
Elective for B.S. and A.B. Credit, 2 points.
Text. — Scott.
THE MUSEUM.
The College Museum contains a variety of minerals,
typical fossils, and alcoholic specimens of animals. The min-
erals and fossils are of untold value in teaching geology. The
collection is sufficient to give a specimen of the more important
geological phenomena, besides containing specimens of rocks in
the United States and some from foreign countries. The min-
eral collection is also of use in showing the occurrence of
metals in the course in inorganic chemistry.
The alcoholic specimens of animal life are well selected
for illustrating the principles taught in the course in Biology.
The friends and alumni of the College are earnestly solicited
to help in making additions from time to time.
VIII — School of Mental and Moral Sciences and the Bible
Professor Hendricks.
This department embraces regular text-book and lecture
courses covering the Junior and Senior years. It aims to give
the student a scientific knowledge of the powers and faculties
of his mind ; to aid him in clear, logical thinking ; to show him
the nature of the process of thought ; to acquaint him with the
theory of human character and conduct.
Course I. — Two hours a zceek, first term. This course
endeavors to give a scientific knowledge of mind, its elemental
processes, the combination of these processes into ideas, and
the significance of ideas and complexes of ideas in mental
experience.
Text. — Outlines of Psychology, Titchener.
40 HOWARD COI.LEGE.
Course; II. — Two hours a week, second term. In this
course the function of mind is studied. The process of thought
in both its deductive and inductive aspects is considered, and
its laws and organic nature are emphasized.
Text. — An Introductory Logic, Creighton.
THE ENGLISH BIBLE.
Professor Hendricks.
Three courses are offered the students in this department :
I. Old Testament History. — Two hours a tveek, eight
months. The aim of this work is to familiarize the student
with the general character and contents of the Old Bible. To
do this the historical setting and bearing of each book are
emphasized, while we keep in mind the progressive dealings of
God with his people: (i) With the race in general, (2) with
his chosen family, and (3) with his people as a nation. In this
development the great periods receive notice ; and the leaders
in each period are studied closely, with suitable emphasis upon
the great doctrines suggested by their teachings and lives. The
prophecies are studied in the light of their historical settings.
This course is given in alternate years.
II. Studies in the Gospels. — One hour a week through
the year. In this course the Life of Christ is studied closely
and minutely, with special attention to his parables and mir-
acles. Lectures on many of the great questions that interest
students are given.
Texts. — To be selected.
III. Life and Epistles of Paul. — Two hours a tveek for
the year. The development of the Church as set forth in
Acts ; the change of the center of operation from Jerusalem to
Antioch ; the leadership of Paul — these are all carefully noted.
The epistles are analyzed, and studied in their historical set-
tings. Then many of the great doctrines of the New Testament
are studied more exhaustively, such as Sin, Regeneration, The
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Atonement, Justification, Missions, Adoption, Death, Interme-
diate State, Second Coming of Christ, Resurrection, Judgment,
Heaven and Hell. This course alternates with Course I.
IX — School of History and Economics
Course I. — Greek and Roman History. — This is a thor-
ough course in the history of two of the greatest peoples of
antiquity — their political institutions, their religion, their liter-
ature, and their private life — together with side lights thrown
on surrounding, contemporaneous nations. Class drill in text-
book interspersed with lectures and topical work.
Text-Books. — To be selected.
Course H. — Mediceval and Modern History. — A general
course in all the European nations, from the downfall of the
Roman Empire in the West to the present time. Occasional
lectures, topical work, and class drill. Junior course, two hours
per week.
Text-Books. — To be selected.
Course; HI. — American History. — In this course the con-
stitutional, political, and industrial development of the United
States are studied with care and greater fullness. Senior
course, tzvo hours per zveek.
Course IV. — Economics. — ( i ) Political Economy. —
Three hours a week, first term. This course presents to the
student the theory of wealth and the laws that govern man in
his efforts to attain it.
Text-Books. — To be selected.
(2) Sociology. — Three hours per zveek, second term.
Lectures and text-books.
42 HOWARD COLLEGE.
LECTURES TO MINISTERIAL STUDENTS.
During the current year several prominent clergymen
have delivered lectures before the ministerial students. In
these lectures topics have been discussed which have direct
bearing not only upon student life, but also upon preaching
and pastoral service.
SPECIAL LECTURE COURSE.
During the Winter term of 1908-9 the President of the
College will deliver a course of lectures on Roman Literature
and on Current Topics. Some of these lectures will be open
to the entire student-body.
HYGIENE.
Dr. C. C. Jones, Lecturer.
At intervals during the academic year Dr. Jones, the Col-
lege physician, gives the student-body lectures upon certain
matters pertaining to health and care of the body. These lec-
tures are valuable, showing the student the dangers of care-
lessness in respect to exercise, study, eating, and the general
observance of rules that should govern his physical life.
LECTURES BY THE FACULTY.
A series of lectures, given on the first and third Tuesday
in each month by members of the Faculty, is of great interest
and profit to the students, all of whom attend this course. It
is the intention of the Faculty to make this course of lectures
a leading feature in college life. The course will be sup-
plemented by addresses from prominent men outside of the
Faculty.
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THE ACADEMY.
Mr. Var daman.
Mr. Stakely.
This department is designed to prepare young men for
admission into the College classes. The students are under
the same regulations and enjoy the same advantages as those
in the College. The method of instruction and the course of
study conform and lead directly to the College curriculum,
thus making the department a natural and easy door to the
College. Students bearing certificates of proficiency from this
department are received into the College classes without further
examination. Any student deficient in any schools of the Col-
lege course is allowed to finish these subjects in the Academic
Department, and at the same time, if desirable, to pursue other
studies in the College.
Each student is required to take four subjects with Read-
ing, Spelling, and Penmanship in addition to his English, and
to recite five times a week in each. Many of the subjects are
continued through the two years, so that ample time may be
had to give the young men, who come to us poorly prepared,
thorough preparation for their College course. Students with
some ability and previous training, however, often do the work
in one year. Before entering any of the higher classes in this
department, the student must stand a satisfactory examination,
or furnish some other evidences of preparation satisfactory
to the teacher.
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HOWARD COLLEGE.
ACADEMIC COURSES OF STUDY.
LATIN COURSE.
First Year — First Term.
English — Allen's School Grammar.
Algebra — Milne's Elements.
Arithmetic — Milne's Standard.
Latin — Collar and Daniell.
Second Term.
English — Allen's School Grammar.
Algebra — Milne's Elements.
Arithmetic — Milne's Standard.
Latin — Brittain's Introduction to
Caesar.
Second Year — First Term.
English — Advanced.
Algebra — Milne's High School.
Arithmetic — Milne's Standard.
Latin — Caesar.
Greek — White's First Greek Book.
Second Term.
English — Advanced.
Algebra — Milne's High School.
Arithmetic — Milne's Standard.
Latin — Cicero's Orations.
Greek — White's First Greek Book.
ENGLISH COURSE.
First Year — First Term.
English — Allen's School Grammar.
Algebra — Milne's Elements.
Arithmetic — Milne's Standard.
Geography — Maury's Manual and
Maury's Physical.
Second Term.
English — Allen's School Grammar.
Algebra — Milne's Elements.
Arithmetic — Milne's Standard.
Physiology — Blaisdell's Elements.
Second Year — First Term.
English — Advanced.
Algebra — Milne's High School.
Arithmetic — Milne's Standard.
History — Cooper's Our Country.
Second Term.
English — Advanced.
Algebra— Milne's High School.
Arithmetic — Milne's Standard.
History — Cheney's Short History
of England.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING COURSE.
The course in supplementary reading is done privately by
all students of the Academy. Examinations on subject-matter
and composition are held at the end of each six weeks. The
books required for the first term of the session of 1908-9 are
as follows: (i) Last of the Mohicans, (2) Courtship of Miles
Standish, (3) Hawthorne's Wonder Book, (4) Sketch Book,
(5) Poe's Stories and Poems, (6) Treasure Island. Second
term: (i) Gulliver's Travels, (2) Ivanhoe, (3) Last Days of
Pompeii, (4) David Copperfield's Childhood, (5) Lamb's Tales
from Shakespeare, (6) Tennyson's Princess, (7) Btmyan's
Pilgrim's Progress, (8) The Flight of a Tartar Tribe.
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45
COURSES OF STUDY AND DEGREES.
Latin .
Greek.
French .
German .
Mathematics.
Physics.
Chemistry.
Biology.
Group A.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE GROUP.
Course i 5
Course 2 4
f Course i 5
1 Course 2 4
Course i 5
Course 2 4
Course i 5
Course 2 4
Total 36 points
Group B.
SCIENTIFIC GROUP.
r Course i 5
J Course 2 3
I Course 3 3
(^Course 4 2
( Course i 2
^ Course 2 4 (2 — 2)
f Course 1 3
. ^ Course 2 4 (2 — 2)
Course 3 3 (i-
Course i 3
Course 2 2
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Astronomy 2
Total ; 36 points
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Group C.
ENGLISH HISTORICAL GROUP.
^ Course i 4
English Language and J Course 2 5
Literature j Course 3 3
(^ Course 4 3
( Course i 3
History < Course 2 2
( Course 3 2
( Course i 2
) Course 2 2
r Course I I
< Course 2 2
( Course 3 2
Philosophy.
Bible.
For A.B. Degree.
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Required:
_ „ o • ^ One Ancient Language
From Group A, 18 points. | q^^^ ^^^^^^^^ Language
1^ Mathematics i and 2.
^ _ -rv ^ • J Physics I
From Group B, 16 points, <^ Chemistry i
(^Biology I
['English I, 2, and 3. ..
_ - ^ . ) History I and 2
From Group C, 20 points^ p^ji^^^phy i
(^ Bible I
Total required, 54 points.
Electives 16 points.
Total 70 points.
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For B.S. Degree.*
Required:
From Group A, 9 points, one Modern Language 9
C Mathematics i, 2, and 3 11
I Physics I and 2 6
From Group B, 29 points, <^ Chemistry i and 2 7
Biology I and 2 5
^ Astronomy 2
( English I, 2, and 3 12
From Group C, 18 points, ) History i and 2 5
( Bible I I
Total required, 56 points.
Electives 14 points.
Total 70 points.
Note. — Out of total number of points offered, 70 points are required
for graduation.
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50 HOWARD COLIvEIGS.
GRADING AND EXAMINATIONS.
In every class the student is questioned on the lesson of
the day and graded according to his knowledge of the subject.
A record of daily marks is kept by the professor. At the end
of each six weeks an average of these marks is calculated and
recorded. From this record the student's class standing is
determined.
To the parent or guardian is sent periodically a transcript
of this record of class standing, together with such other
information as may be deemed important. By the prompt
and judicious attention of those to whom they are addressed,
these reports may be made of great value in promoting im-
provement and in sustaining good discipline.
EXAMINATIONS.
In addition to the daily questioning, written examinations,
embracing the subjects treated in a given time, are held near
the close of each term, and at such other times during the
session as may be necessary. These examinations are given
to test the student's knowledge of the subjects studied, and
determine whether he is prepared to pass to a higher class or
to graduate. In order to pass, students in all classes must make
70 per cent, of the maximum. In the final average the exami-
nation average counts two-fifths; the daily average three-fifths.
Students must not absent themselves from their examina-
tions. No student whose standing in any one class is lower
than 75 is allowed to play on any regular athletic team.
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COLLEGE HONORS.
MEDALS.
The College offers the following medals :
I. IN the: cadet corps.
1. Captain's Medai,.
2. Gold Medal for proficiency in manual of arms.
II. IN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
1. Gold Medal for the best declamation in the Sopho-
more class.
2. Gold Medal for the best oration in the Junior class.
The orations are required to be original compositions.
The above medals were awarded in 1907 to the following
students :
Captain's Medal — C. E. Crossland, Jefferson County.
Manual of Arms — C. T. Bobo, Jackson County.
Junior Medal — B. L. Martin, Mississippi.
Sophomore Medal — J. C. Hutto, Limestone County.
FOR ATTAINMENT OF CLASS DISTINCTION.
I. A student who makes an average in any school of 90
per cent, for the session is recorded as distinguished in that
school. Those who are thus distinguished in all their studies
are known as distinguished undergraduates.
BRYAN SCHOLARSHIP.
By the kindness of Hon. William Jennings Bryan, of
Nebraska, a sum of money was recently given the College for
the purpose of aiding, each session, some worthy student.
An examination will be held in April of each year to de-
termine who shall hold this scholarship during the following
session.
52 HOWARD colli;ge;.
It is suggested that thus friends of education may widen
the field of opportunity for many worthy boys, and we urge
men and women of means to emulate Mr. Bryan in his excellent
course.
2. Honors are awarded to the graduating class as
follows :
(a) The graduate who has made during his college
course an average of 90 per cent., and not less than 80 per
cent, in any one department, is awarded the honor of graduate
WITH DISTINCTION.
(b) The graduate who has made during his college
course an average of 95 per cent., and not less than 85 per
cent, in any one department, is awarded the honor of graduate
WITH HIGHE;ST distinction.
APPOINTMENT.
The Faculty each year appoints a member of the Senior
class to participate in the Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest.
The selection is made upon the merits of the student as an
orator and writer.
DEGREES.
The degrees of Bachelor oe Arts and Bachelor oe
Science are conferred upon students who complete the courses
prescribed for these degrees. For the specific requirements see
"Courses of Study," page 45, and following.
REGULATIONS.
1. No one is allowed to contest for a medal with a speech
which he has before delivered in public at the College.
2. No student is admitted to a degree or permitted to take
part in the Commencement exercises unless he has creditably
passed all his examinations, performed such exercises as may
have been assigned him, and settled all College dues.
HOWARD COLLEGE. 53
GENERAL INFORMATION.
LOCATION.
Ready transportation between the city and the College is
afforded by an electric line, on which cars run each way at
intervals of twelve minutes. The distance is six miles and the
fare five cents. Regular day students get a half rate.
The authorities of the College are largely aided in the
administration of moral discipline by the favorable surround-
ings of the institution.
Religious worship is regidarly held every Sabbath in the
Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist Churches, which are
located within a few hundred yards of the College buildings.
By special statute the sale of ardent spirits is prohibited within
a radius of three miles.
INCIDENTAL ADVANTAGES.
By reason of the proximity of Howard College to a large
city, it enjoys many advantages without experiencing the dis-
advantages of city life.
The life and energy characteristic of this region are apt to
awaken a corresponding spirit in the young men who attend
this institution of learning. This, taken in connection with the
public lectures and libraries of a large city, is not without vast
benefit to the young men seeking development, while the firm
but kind discipline serves to restrain students from any evil
influences of the city. Birmingham citizens have remarked
upon the fact that no Howard student is ever seen in a
bar-room.
PERSONAL ATTENTION OF THE PROFESSORS.
The professors devote all their time to the students, giving
instruction in the class room during the day and visiting dor-
mitories night and day. Parents committing their sons fully
54 HOWARD COLLEGE.
to the care of the College officers may be assured that pltys-
ical comfort, moral influences, and intellectual training will be
provided.
To avoid distracting influences, to command full attention,
and to facilitate study, young men are required to board and
lodge at the College, unless their relatives live in town.
RELIGIOUS CULTURE.
Devotional exercises are held every morning in the Chapel,
and the Faculty and students attend.
Students are required to attend the churches of their
choice every Sunday morning ; they are also required to attend
Sunday-school, provided there is one belonging to the church
of their choice accessible. They may be entirely relieved of
the duty of attendance upon Sunday-school by presenting to
the President a written request to that effect from their parents
or guardians. In no instance is a student forced to attend any
Sunday-school other than the one of his own or his parents'
selection.
SPECIAL CARE FOR YOUNG BOYS.
Special attention will be given to boys under the ordinary
age of college students. These will, as far as possible, be
placed in the rooms of students of settled habits and good
moral character. Ministerial students can often be induced to
assume this responsible charge.
SICKNESS.
When ill, students have the personal attention of the Fac-
ulty and College physician. Parents and guardians are
promptly notified of the sickness of students, and advised from
time to time of their condition.
BUILDINGS.
The buildings are one main college building, a Library
and Recitation building, and five dormitories.
The main building is three stories high, and embraces
lecture rooms, offices, laboratories, society halls, and chapel.
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Ren f roe Hall, the new dormitory, is a large and handsome
building, which accommodates nearly one himdred students.
THE LIBRARY.
The ladies of the Howard College Cooperative Association
are equipping and furnishing a large and beautiful room in
Montague Hall as the Library of the College, and are begin-
ning the purchase of valuable books. The institution owes a
debt of gratitude to these consecrated women, and the man-
agement commends their efforts to every friend of Christian
education.
Those interested in the Library are requested to address
the Secretary of the Association, Mrs. A. P. Montague, East
Lake Station, Birmingham, Alabama.
Rev. Frank Willis Barnett, editor of The Alabama Baptist,
generously gives for the use of the students a large number of
popular magazines, and Rev. Dr. W. B. Crumpton has kindly
presented many valuable books. Other friends have made
donations, which have been gratefully received.
PLAN OF INSTRUCTION.
Professors and teachers are occupied as many hours as
are necessary to examine thoroughly each day all the members
of each class, and thus allow no neglect of any study.
The classes are divided into sections, so that each student
may receive special attention. The members of sections are
arranged according to merit in each branch, and the students
are kept constantly stimulated to attain and preserve good
positions.
The progress of each class and the relative merit of the
members are recorded. At the end of six weeks the results are
reported to the President and afterward posted on the bulletin
board for encouragement or warning.
GOVERNMENT.
The government is administered by the President and pro-
fessors in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Board
56 HOWARD COl^h^Gt,.
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of Trustees. The rules inculcate manly virtues, preserve order,
require sobriety and morality, protect and encourage good
students, and do not allow the persistently idle and immoral to
remain where they can injure others.
The personal influence of the President and Faculty is
exercised to encourage the young men in the discharge of their
duties, and the cooperation of parents is solicited, as the svic-
cess of college government depends greatly upon the support
which is given from home to the administration of discipline.
Daily reports of conduct and semi-monthly reports of
studies are made to the President. From these six-weeks'
reports are made to parents and guardians. The reports to
parents show the absolute and relative standing in each class,
and other facts that may be thought of interest.
CADET CORPS.
For the purpose of physical education — erect, graceful
and manly carriage of the body, a vigorous and healthy con-
stitution ; for cultivating politeness, moral courage, respect for
self, deference to others, frankness, perseverance, industry,
and self-reliance, and for giving the mind power of close and
continued attention, all students over fifteen years of age are
required to join the Cadet Corps, which is drilled not more
than one hour a day, and at such times as not to interfere with
their studies.
No student is excused from this duty, unless it be by the
President and Commandant for special reasons.
TO NEW STUDENTS.
If new students will inform the President when they
expect to arrive in Birmingham, they will be met at the depot
by some student or member of the Faculty.
A committee from the student-body meets all incoming
trains bringing students.
Baggage of students will be transferred from Birmingham
to East Lake on the presentation of the check and transfer fee
to the Quartermaster at the College.
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Rooms will be assigned before the opening of the session.
Those intending to enter College are urged to make application
for rooms at least one month before the day of opening.
AUXILIARY OR ACCREDITED SCHOOLS.
Any high school or academy in the State, whose course of
study and methods of teaching are approved by the President
and Faculty of Howard College, will, upon application, be
declared an Auxiliary or Accredited School. Students present-
ing certificates from such institutions will be admitted to the
College without examination.
The following have been declared Auxiliary or Accredited
Schools :
Birmingham High School. Birmingham, Ala. ; Dr. J. H.
Phillips, Superintendent.
East Lake High School, East Lake, Ala. ; Spright Dowell,
Principal.
LaFayette College, LaFayette, Ala. ; J. P. Neff, President.
Gadsden High School, Gadsden, Ala. ; W. E. Striplin,
Principal.
University Military School, Mobile, x\la. ; Julius T. Wright,
Principal.
Baptist Collegiate Institute, Newton, x\la. ; A. W. Tate,
President.
Union Springs High School, Union Springs, Ala. ; W. R.
Harrison, Superintendent.
Opelika High School, Opelika, Ala. ; I. W. Hill. Super-
intendent.
First District Agricultural and Industrial School, Jackson,
Ala. ; W. Franklin Monk, President.
Southern Baptist Institute, Scottsboro, Ala. ; W. L. Yar-
brough. President.
West Alabama Agricultural School, Hamilton, Ala. ; H. O.
Sargent, President.
58 HOWARD COLIvI;GE.
The Barnes School, Montgomery, Ala. ; E. R. Barnes,
Principal.
Eighth District Agricultural School, Athens, Ala. ; Henry
J. Fusch, President.
Decatur High School, Decatur, Ala. ; J. M. Collier, Super-
intendent.
Demopolis High School, Demopolis, Ala. ; W. C. Blasin-
game. Superintendent.
Tuskaloosa Graded Schools ; James H. Foster, Superin-
tendent.
Talladega Public Schools ; D. A. McNeill, Superintendent.
Seventh District School, Albertville; J. B. Hobdy, Pres-
ident.
New Decatur Public Schools; A. F. Harman, Superin-
tendent.
Bessemer Public Schools ; J. M. Dill, Superintendent.
Tuskegee Public School ; W. B. Riley, Superintendent.
South Alabama Institute, Thomasville; E. S. Pugh, Super-
intendent.
Carrollton Academy ; James N. Bragg, Principal.
Eivingtson Training School ; R. B. Callaway, Principal.
Brewton Public Schools ; W. C. Griggs, Superintendent.
Mobile Military Institute; F. R. Peterson, Principal.
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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS.
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
There are, in connection with the College and in successful
operation, two literary societies : the Philomathic and the
Franklin. They are provided with handsome halls, where they
meet every Saturday evening for declamation, debate, and other
things pertaining to the interest of the societies. Besides these
weekly meetings, each society holds during the season three
public meetings : two for debate and one for declamation.
The latter is arranged as a part of the Commencement exer-
cises, and each society gives a medal for the best declamation.
The medalists for 1906-07 were as follows :
FRANKUN.
J. C. HuTTo Limestone County
PHIIvOMATHIC.
J. H. Wright Calhoun County
The two societies unite in publishing the Howard Coi.-
LEGiAN, a monthly magazine of about fifty pages, which is
earnestly commended to the support of the alumni and other
friends of the College.
These literary societies are regarded as valuable aids to
the student in forming a literary taste, in affording oppor-
tunities for practice in debate, and in obtaining a knowledge
of parliamentary rules. All students in the College are re-
quired to join and attend one of the societies. The initiation
fee, payable but once, in each society is one dollar, and the
annual dues are the same.
THE MINISTERIAL CLASS.
The ministerial students meet Tuesday evenings for the
purpose of studying and analyzing Scripture texts, and for the
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discussion of matters of interest and profit to themselves. A
series of lectures by leading ministers and Christian workers
is given, and is of great benefit to the class.
By the cooperation of the Executive Committee of the
Birmingham Baptist Association, young ministers are given
work in the destitute places of the Association. Besides this,
the care of churches in the suburbs of Birmingham and at
adjacent points is offered.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL CLASSES.
In connection with the Sunday-school of Ruhama Church,
East Lake, two large classes of college students meet every
Sunday morning in Montague Hall.
After the lesson has been finished, the students repair to
the church, and there participate in the concluding exercises of
the Sunday-school.
The presidents of these classes are J. T. Williams and
F. W. Rauschenberg, and the instructors have been Prof. A. J.
Moon and Prof. A. H. Olive.
ATHLETICS.
The management of the College, desirous of encouraging
wholesome athletics and of giving to the students proper rec-
reation, has had the ground south of the main college building
graded and prepared for games of ball.
Alumni and other friends, who realize the value of phys-
ical exercise and the necessity of bright and happy surround-
ings, are urged to make immediate gifts to the athletic fund of
the College. It is our purpose to make the lives of our boys
not only useful, but bright and cheerful.
INTERCOLLEGIATE CONTEST.
A contest is held annually in which most of the colleges
of Alabama take part, known as the Alabama Oratorical Con-
test. The winner in the last contest was Jesse A. Cook, of
the Senior class of Howard College. The same gentleman won
later in the year the medal in the Southern Oratorical Contest.
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. In making preparation for this contest, the Faculty have
decided :
1. That the final hearing for choice of representative in
the Alabama Oratorical Contest shall be in the chapel annually,
on the Friday before Thanksgiving.
2. That into this competitive hearing shall enter at least
three students from each of the two literary societies.
3. That the societies choose their representatives three
weeks before the date set for the hearing.
4. That the College give $25 in gold to the winner in
the contest held on the Friday before Thanksgiving.
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INFORMATION CONCERNING ENTRANCE,
TUITION, BOARD, ETC.
THE SCHOLASTIC YEAR.
The next session begins on Wednesday, the 9th of Sep-
tember, and continues nine scholastic months, the annual Com-
mencement occurring on the last Wednesday in May. The
session is divided into two terms, the second term beginning
February ist, 1909. The exercises are suspended for about
ten days at Christmas.
Students are urged to be present at the opening of the
session and to return promptly after the holidays. The delay
or loss of even a few days is often a great hindrance to the
future progress of the student. Patrons are particularly re-
quested to cooperate with the Faculty to the end that all stu-
dents shall remain in College before the Christmas recess and
the close of the session until all exercises have been concluded.
MATRICULATION.
Every applicant for admission, arriving in the city, is
required to report promptly at the College for registration. To
be admitted he must be of good moral character ; and, if he
has been a student of another institution, he must present satis-
factory evidence of good moral conduct while there; and he
must undergo such examination as will satisfy the Faculty
that his character and attainments will justify his admission.
Then, after arranging with the Treasurer for his expenses for
.the term, he is required to matriculate at once.
CLASSIFICATION.
The student is examined and classified according to his
advancement in each of the several subjects he may wish to
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study. (See, however, "Auxiliary or Accredited Schools,"
P^ge 57.) Great care is exercised that no one may enter higher
than his previous training and present attainments will justify.
SELECTION OF STUDIES.
A student is allowed to select the course of study that will
best qualify him for his life's vocation. The Faculty, believing
in the necessity and utility of a broad and liberal education,
will always encourage a complete course. To this end, the right
is reserved to prescribe the studies of students in any case
where, in the wisdom of the Faculty, it seems necessary. The
student is expected to adhere throughout the session to the
course selected.
Every one is required to have at least fifteen recitations
a week. Eighteen to twenty recitations a week are regarded,
in the experience of the Faculty, as sufficient for the average
student, and even for the student of greatest capacity. To
undertake more than these means a class of work unsatisfac-
tory to the professor and the student, and the result may be
failure. Hence, no student is allowed to carry more than
twenty recitations a week, unless it be by consent of the Fac-
ulty for special reasons.
EXPENSES.
All expenses are payable strictly in advance at the begin-
ning of each term.
When a student leaves College before the close of the
term, board is refunded, but no fees; and tuition will be re-
funded only when resignation from College is caused by ill
health, certificate of which must be presented from the College
physician.
No reduction in board or tuition is allozved for absence
of less than four zueeks.
Remittances should be made to the Treasurer by registered
letter, money order, or New York exchange.
The expenses in detail are as follows :
Tuition. — Tuition in all departments is $30.00 a term.
64 HOWARD C0LI.I5GE.
Board. — Board is $60.00 per term for all students. Stu-
dents lodge in the dormitories and take their meals in the Col-
lege dining hall. Great care is exercised in the selection and
preparation of the food. The dining hall is in charge of a
competent and worthy matron. The dining hall closes Decem-
ber 2ist and opens December 31st for students returning for
the new year.
Room, fuel and lights, $10.00 a term. ' The rooms of
students are furnished with the most approved styles of iron
bedsteads, provided with wire-woven springs. Tables, chairs,
mattresses and other articles of necessity are provided by the
College. Every student, however, is required to bring a pair
of blankets or comforts, sheets and pillow-cases. When he
retires from the College he may remove them as a portion of
his baggage.
Incidental Fee. — An incidental fee of $5.00 per term is
charged every student. No exceptions are made. This fee is
required for fuel, repairs, and the incidental expenses of the
College.
Medical Fee. — Observation has taught us that every stu-
dent needs some medical attention during the session, while
some need a great deal. In order to economize in the matter
of medical fees, a College physician has been elected by the
Board of Trustees. He makes daily visits to the College dor-
mitories, and renders any medical service the students may
need during the entire session. For this service each student is
required to deposit with the Treasurer a fee of $2.50 at the
beginning of each term.
Diploma Fee. — A fee of $5.00 is charged for every
diploma.
Laboratory Fees. — Students in the Chemistry classes are
required to pay a fee of $5.00 for chemicals used in the labo-
ratory. Students in Physics pay $2.50 per year for the use of
apparatus.
Cost oe Uniforms. — Arrangements have been made by
the Faculty with a responsible firm, whereby cadets can secure
uniforms, made of the best material. West Point regulation
style, at a cost not exceeding $16.00 per suit. While all stu-
HOWARD COIvIvElGi;. 65
dents in the Cadet Corps are required to purchase uniforms,
yet they cost less than citizens' suits of the same quaHty, and
are most durable. Therefore they diminish rather than
increase the student's expenses at college.
Incidentai, Expenses oe the Student. — In addition to
the above-named expenses, the student will need a small
amount of money for stationery, books, lights, laundry, etc.
But the Faculty would impress upon parents and guardians
that students need little money beyond what is advertised in
the College catalogue; and parents are advised to limit the
amount of pocket change allowed their sons.
When requested to do so, the Treasurer will act as fiscal
guardian of students, granting only such sums to them as may
be needed. Nothing contributes more to the demoralization
of the young man at college than a well-filled purse for
private use.
Not infrequently complaint is made because of the extrav-
agance of a student at college, as if the institution were respon-
sible for the amounts sent from time to time by parents or
guardians. The actual college expenses are stated in the
catalogue ; and if parents or guardians are lavish in their gifts
of money to their sons or wards, they should not hold the
college responsible.
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.
It will be seen from the above specifications that board,
tuition, and required fees cost the student in the boarding
department :
Per term $107 50
Per session 215 00
Students not boarding in the College :
Per term $35 00
Per session 70 00
A discount of 10 per cent, is given on all fees, board
excepted, where two or more students come from the same
family. This discount is allowed only on condition that all
bills are paid in advance.
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The foregoing expenses are as low as it is possible to
make them and yet insure efficient work and first-class accom-
modations. To lower the expenses further would mean to
lower the standard of work and the character of accommoda-
tions. It is purposed, on the contrary, to raise these without
increase of expense to the students. No one who understands
the importance of the right kind of education would prefer
cheapness to thoroughness. It is the purpose of the manage-
ment to give full "value received" for every cent charged.
Howard's mission is to make juen, not money — to protect its
students from the ruinous habits of vice and dissipation, and
to develop their mental, moral, and physical possibilities into
strong, harmonious characters.
MISSION ROOM.
Through the generous kindness of Rev. Allen Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. Marbury, and other friends of Marbury, Ala-
bama, a room in Montague Hall has been well and comfortably
furnished as the headquarters of Missions in Howard College.
There young men who will become missionaries meet, study,
and plan for the great work of their lives.
SONS OF MINISTERS.
The sons of active ministers are given one-half of their
tuition free.
STUDENTS FOR THE MINISTRY.
Young men studying for the Gospel Ministry, who come
duly approved by their churches and indorsed by the Board of
Ministerial Education, are admitted free of charge for tuition.
They are charged for board and fees the same as other
students.
Ministerial students must, at matriculation, pay the dues
required at entrance, or make satisfactory arrangements for the
same with the Board of Ministerial Education. The Faculty
will assume no risks on deferred payments.
The Board of Ministerial Education will assist worthy
HOWARD COIvI,E;GE:. 67
young men from Baptist churches in Alabama in paying their
expenses at College.
They must conform to the folloiving regulations:
1. MoRAiv. — In addition to being a member in good stand-
ing of a Missionary Baptist Church, the beneficiary must bring
the indorsement of his church, expressing their belief that he
is called of God to preach the Gospel.
2. Financial. — The object of the Board is to help only
those who need help ; therefore it refuses to contribute any-
thing to a student who has resources of his own. The Board
very earnestly asks that the church and association giving
indorsement of a brother signify at the same time their purpose
to render him financial aid to the extent of his necessities or
their ability.
3. Education. — The Board requests all beneficiaries
hereafter to be prepared for the Freshman class in at least two
subjects before entering Howard College.
Young men needing aid should write to one of the
OFE'ICERS OF THE BOARD OF MINISTERIAL EDUCATION.
Rev. J. M. Shelburne, L.H.D., President East Lake, Alabama
Rev. J. A. Hendricks, Secretary and Treasurer. .. .East Lake, Alabama
Friends of the College will confer upon the institution a
great favor, and will aid the cause of Christian education, if
they will send the President, the Chairman of the Faculty, or
the Secretary the names and addresses of young men who may
be led to enter Howard College. The constant cooperation
and sympathy of all interested in higher education are earnestly
invoked.
For catalogues and general information address the Presi-
dent or the Secretary of the Faculty at East Lake Station,
Birmingham, Alabama.
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HOWARD COIvIvEGE.
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES,
1908.
Anderson, O. T A.B Geneva
Banks, J. T B.S Tallapoosa
Bell, W. T A.B Calhoun
Bradley, L. C A.B Jefferson
Caffey, H. W A.B Jefferson
Cook, J. E A.B Choctaw
Cooper, D. C, Jr B.S Calhoun
Craddock, A. B B.S Tallapoosa
Darden, W. A A.B
Davis, J. H B.S Walker
Dean, T. P A.B Jefferson
Inzer, J. C A.B St. Clair
Jacobs, E. P B. S Jackson
Leftwich, L A.B Clay
McCormick, S. D A.B Jefferson
Prescott, J. A A.B Chilton
Smith, W. W A.B Chambers
West, T. M A.B Bullock
Wood, W. O A.B Jefferson
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LIST OF STUDENTS
Abney, Joe
Acker, J. R Talladega
Allen, H Clay
Allen, C. T Jefferson
Altman, J. A Sumter
Anderson, A. C Geneva
Anderson, O. T Geneva
Appleton, Jerome St. Clair
Barlow, E. L Conecuh
Bacon, H. H Jefferson
Barnard, George Jefferson
Barnes, E. S Mobile
Barnes, F. M Dallas
Banks, J. T Tallapoosa
Bell, W. T Calhoun
Belsher, T. L Jefferson
Berman, S. M Covington
Blount, Winton Bullock
Bradley, L. C Jefferson
Brasher, R. R Jefferson
Brooks, B. F Monroe
Brown, W. H Jefferson
Burns, L. P Dallas
Burns, W. W., Jr Dallas
Buzbee, Hubert Walker
Burson, C. G Jefferson
Burson, J. D Jefferson
Byrd, J. B Jefferson
Caffey, H. W Jefferson
Carson, W. H Jefferson
Caldwell, E. L Talladega
Carlisle, Raymond Bullock
Chambers, J. M Greene
Cloud, CM Jefferson
Corr, M. S Jefferson
Cosby, C. B Perry
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Cooper, D. C, Jr Calhoun
Coffman, J. W Jefferson
Cook, J. S Choctaw
Cook, H. Iv Choctaw
Cook, J. E., Jr Choctaw
Cox, J. C Blount
Crow, E. A Jefferson
Crow, Duke Jefferson
Craddock, A. B Tallapoosa
Crenshaw, T. L Jefferson
Cruise, D. C Jefferson
Curtis, H. S Jefferson
Davidson, W. A Jefferson
Davis, J. A Jefferson
Davis, J. H Walker
Dean, T. P Jefferson
Denney, R. M Jefferson
Dobbs, O. C Jefferson
Doherty, D. H Dallas
Ellard, C. L Jefferson
Ford, H. G Jefferson
Ford, H. L Jefferson
Frazier, A Blount
Fuller, J. D Coffee
Glover, Otis Jefferson
Grant, Hugh Jefferson
Grififin, C. H Cullman
Granade, S. P Mobile
Gravlee, B. H Fayette
Gravlee, M. W Fayette
Gwin, J. W Jefferson
Hagood, H. H Conecuh
Hester, E. R Jefferson
Harris, S. H Jefferson
Harris, L. F Jefferson
Harris, Ira St. Clair
Hardin, Sam Jefferson
Hattemer, L. H Lowndes
Hargrove, Earle Jefferson
Haynes, D. M Jefferson
Haynes, J. F Lauderdale
Haynes, W. E Lauderdale
Hicks, F. C Montgomery
Hilliard, M. E Jefferson
Hilliard, B. D Jefferson
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Hill, Walter Jefferson
Holcomb, J. A Jefferson
Howard, E. S Talladega
Hudnall, J. R Jefferson
Huff, C Jefferson
Hudson, C. I Lee
Hutchins, J. C Tuscaloosa
Hutchins, N. D Tuscaloosa
Hutto, J. C Limestone
Inzer, L W St. Clair
Inzer, J. C St. Clair
Jackson, J. D Lawrence
Jackson, P. S Monroe
Jacobs, E. P. Jackson
James. W. K. E •' Sumter
Jenkins, C. R Bullock
Jones, Sparks Jefferson
Johnson, A. M Shelby
Leftwich, L Clay
Longshore, W. L Shelby
Malone, W. S Jefferson
Mason, Horace Jefferson
Martin, E. S Jefferson
Martin, B. L., Jr ' Mississippi
Mims, W. M Chilton
Miller, H. C Calhoun
Moore, J. D Jefferson
Montgomery, W. G Jefferson
Morris, Malone Geneva
Moon, D. H Texas
Moon, T. S Texas
Morrow, Sidney Jefferson
Mullen, H. A Jefferson
Murphree, E. H Franklin
McAdory, E. D Dallas
McCord, Howard Jefferson
McCormick, S. D Jefferson
McDonald, W. B Jefferson
McDonald, S. E Jefferson
McLendon, Mac Russell
McMillan, Oscar Jefferson
McVay, G. B., Jr Jefferson
Nettles, M. E Monroe
Newell, O Jefferson
Oden. K. C : Jefferson
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Ogletree, W. D Talladega
Olive, W. M Jefferson
Oliver, E. I Tallapoosa
Patterson, G. E Jefferson
Partlow, R. C St. Clair
Parsons, T. B Jefferson
Pearson, Errett Walker
Pearce, W. E Sumter
Pitts, W. M Montgomery
Pruett, S. T., Jr Bullock
Prescott, J. A Chilton
Proctor, Maurice Jefferson
Rainer, F. W Bullock
Rauschenberg, F. W Franklin
Roberts, R. H Jefferson
Russell, W. S Jefferson
Robertson, W. H., Jr Barbour
Rogers, C. T Houston
Rose, W. H Fayette
Royer, L. P Morgan
Scott, J. B Mobile
Sellars, B. A Geneva
Seymore, W. R Dallas
Shnrbet, J. W Jefferson
Simpson, George Jefferson
Smith, W. M Jefferson
Smith, W. W Chambers
Smith, R. J Georgia
Smith, Frank Jefferson
Smith, J. D Florida
Smith, L. L Talladega
Stedman, Arthur Jefferson
Steele, CD Jefferson
Street, Bryce Jefferson
Stockton, J. M Morgan
Stroud, J. L
Svvindall, A. C Jefferson
Taylor, Ance Jefferson
Terry, J. C Fayette
Thompson, E. D Jefferson
Thomas, W. L Tallapoosa
Thomason, I. R Jefferson
Treadaway, W. M Jefferson
Tumlin, W. E Blount
Tyson, J. W Montgomery
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Vann, J. W Jefferson
Vaughan, H. T Choctaw
Vaughan, B. S Choctaw
Vesey, J. W., Jr Jefferson
Watt, W. H. Jr Butler
Walker, T. W Jefferson
Walker, B. H Jefferson
Ward, J. S Geneva
Ware, Grady Jefferson
West, T. M Bullock
Weaver, A Jefferson
White, M Jefferson
White, J. R Jefferson
Willis, H. J Louisiana
Wildsmith, H Jefferson
Williams, J. T Chilton
Wood, W. O Jefferson
Wood, J. M Jefferson
Wright, J. H Calhoun
Yeargan, A. C Jefferson
Young, Fred Jefferson
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ACADEMIC OFFICERS.
Elmer P. Jacobs -» ^ , .
A. C. Anderson j •'
OFFICERS OF THE CADET CORPS.
Colonel Albert Lee Smith Commandant, First Term
Colonel William A. Berry .... Commandant, Second Term
Staee.
Captain John A. Prescott Military Adjutant
Sergeant W. M. Blount Quartermaster Sergeant
Color Guard.
Sergeant J. B. Scott Sergeant
Corporal D. M. Haynes Corporal
Corporal W. M. Pitts Corporal
Corporal S. M. Berm an Corporal
Musicians.
Sergeant F. C. Hicks Sergeant
Corporal E. L. Bari,ow Corporal
Company A.
Captain W. T. Bell Captain
Lieutenant J. E. Cook Senior First Lieutenant
Lieutenant J. C. Inzer Junior First Lieutenant
Lieutenant W. H. Watt Senior Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant L. Lfetsvich Junior Second Lieutenant
Sergeant M. E. Nettles First Sergeant
Sergeant T. L. Crenshaw Second Sergeant
Sergeant W. D. OglETrEE Third Sergeant
Sergeant D. H. Moon Fourth Sergeant
Sergeant J. S. Ward Fifth Sergeant
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Corporal H. T. Vaughan First Corporal
Corporal J. H. Wright Second Corporal
Corporal B. H. Walker Third Corporal
Corporal R. M. Denney Fourth Corporal
Corporal B. F. Brooks Fifth Corporal
Company B.
Captain T. P. Dean Captain
Lieutenant J. H. Davis Senior First Lieutenant
Lieutenant W. W. Smith Junior First Lieutenant
Lieutenant A. B. Craddock Senior Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant D. C. CoopEr Junior Second Lieutenant
Sergeant E. D. McAdory First Sergeant
Sergeant J. T. Williams Second Sergeant
Sergeant W. F. RauschEnberg Third Sergeant
Sergeant C. T. Rogers Fourth Sergeant
Sergeant W. R. SeymorE Fifth Sergeant
Corporal C. R. Jenkins First Corporal
Corporal J. W. Vann Second Corporal
Corporal W. K. James Third Corporal
Corporal H. L- Ford Fourth Corporal
Corporal B. H. GravlEE Fifth Corporal
Company C.
Captain W. O. Wood Captain
Lieutenant H. W. Caffey Senior First Lieutenant
Lieutenant L. C. Bradley Junior First Lieutenant
Lieutenant J. T. Banks Senior Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant H. C. MillEr Junior Second Lieutenant
Sergeant J. R. Hudnall First Sergeant
Sergeant B. A. Sellars Second Sergeant
Sergeant J. D. Jackson Third Sergeant
Sergeant A. C. Anderson Fourth Sergeant
Sergeant W. W. Burns, Jr Fifth Sergeant
Corporal H. F. McCord First Corporal
Corporal H. G. Grant Second Corporal
Corporal J. D. MoorE Third Corporal
Corporal M. W. Mims Fourth Corporal
Corporal T. L. Belsher Fifth Corporal
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ALUMNI OF HOWARD COLLEGE
1848.
*J. T. Barron, A.M., M.D., Practitioner, Surgeon C. S. A Marion
* T. Booth, Merchant Selma
* W. S. Blassengame, A.M Texas
* W. L. Moseley, Teacher Dallas County
* H. W. Nave, Attorney Perry County
* M. M. Weissinger, A.M., M.D Florida
* S. A. Williams, A.M Montgomery
1849.
F. Abbott, Jeweler Arkansas
G. D. Johnston, General C. S. A., State Senator Tuskaloosa
* L. A. Moseley Dallas County
* R. A. F. Packer, A.M., M.D Wilcox County
W. H. Smith, Professor Tennessee
1850.
* J. J. Freeman Greene County
* H. C. Hooten, A.M Georgia
* J. F. Hooten Macon, Ga.
* H. C. King, Lawyer, Colonel C. S. A Memphis, Tenn.
* R- Jl Yarrington, A.M., Editor Montgomery
1851.
GRADUATES IN THEOLOGY.
* J. S. Abbot, Minister of the Gospel Texas
* W. Wilkes, A.M., D,D., Minister of the Gospel Sylacauga
1852.
G. W. Chase, Professor of Music Columbus, Ga.
W. D. Lee, A.M., Lawyer, Planter and State Commissioner. .Greensboro
* P. Lockett, A.M., Legislator, Judge Marion
G. W. Lockhart, A.M., M.D Pontotoc, Miss.
* R. A. Montague, A.M., Professor Howard College Marior
J. H. Peebles Mississippi
GRADUATE IN THEOLOGY.
A. J. Seale, Minister of the Gospel Greene County
* Deceased.
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1853.
T. C. Daniel, Lawyer Mississippi
* T. S. Howard, Lawyer Macon County
* Hugh S. Lide, Planter Sumter County
1854.
* J. E. Bell, Minister of the Gospel Georgiana
* W. E. Chambliss, A.M., Minister of the Gospel Mississippi
* L. B, Lane, Jr., killed in C. S. Army Marengo County
W. A. May, Planter Sumter County
* W. Howard, A.M., D.D., Pastor Dallas, Texas
1855.
J. C. Foster, Minister of the Gospel Mississippi
*S. R. Freeman, D.D., President of Howard College.. .Jefferson, Texas
Z. G. Henderson, Minister of the Gospel Georgia
J. L. Hunter Mississippi
G. C. Mattison ; ,
* W. Phelan, Lawyer, killed in C. S. Army Marion
1856.
* C. C. Cleveland, Planter Dallas County
A. S. Hinton, Planter Perry County
T. M. Marbury, Planter Coosa County
* Wm. N. Reeves, D.D., Minister of the Gospel Eufaula
J. C. Wright, D.D., Minister of the Gospel Oxford
1857.
W. L. Armstrong, Lawyer Florida
D. M. Reeves, D.D., Minister of the Gospel Johnstown, N. Y.
S. R. Shepard, Lawyer Bibb County
1858.
B. B. McKenzie, A.B., Civil Engineer, Lumberman Dunham
* M. D. Robinson, A.B., Farmer Benton
* J. M. Turnbow, B.S., killed in C. S. Army Hamburg
1859.
J. B. Hawthorne, A.M., D.D., Pastor Richmond, Va.
A. W. Brassfield, A.B Forkland
* S. C. Cook, Sr., A.B., Captain C. S. A., Lawyer Camden
* J. P. Hubbard, A.B., Lawyer, Circuit Judge Troy
R. J. Lide, A.B., Planter Carlowville
J, A. Chambliss, A.M., D.D., Pastor Orange, N. J.
* Deceased.
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A. J. Hollman, A.B., Druggist Carroll County, Miss.
* W. G. Johnson, A.M., Lawyer, Captain C. S. A Marion
J. B. Shivers, A.M., Lawyer, Captain C. S. A., Probate Judge. .Marion
Wm. L. Fagan, A.M., Teacher, Captain C. S. A Marion
R. S. Harkness, B.S., Planter Texas
* J. H. George, B.S., M.D., Captain C. S. A Linden
* N. S. McGraw, B.S., Major C. S. A., Lawyer Selma
i860.
* J. F. Bums, A.M., Captain C. S. A., Planter, Legislator Burnsville
* J. T. Caine, A.B., Planter Uniontown
T. B. Cox, A.M., Captain C. S. A., Lawyer Macon, Ga.
J. L. Dupree, A.M., Captain C. S. A., Planter Macon, Miss.
J. W. Friend, A.B Greene County
W. T. Hendon, A.M., Lawyer, Colonel C. S. A., Teacher,
Planter Marion
* A. P. Hinton, A.B., Captain C. S. A., Planter Texas
* E. P. Kirkland, A.B., Minister of the Gospel Greene County
* T. M. Lenoir, Captain C. S. A Cahaba
R. A. Massey, A.M., Evangelist Hale County
*J. M. McKleroy, A.M., Lawyer, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Trustee Howard College Anniston
* L. B. Robertson, A.B Oxford
* P. A. Rutledge, A.B., Lieutenant, killed in C. S. Army Marion
H. Snell, A.B., Teacher Houston, Texas
* J. W. Taylor, A.B., Minister of the Gospel Pickensville
1861.
J. G. Dupree, A.B., Planter, Teacher Jackson, Miss.
J. M. Shivers, A.B., Planter Marion
J. C. Williams, A.B., Farmer, Merchant Mobile
* J. H. Pollard, A.B Uniontown
J. A. Roberts, A.B Mobile
O. H. Spencer, A.B., Aide-de-Camp C. S. A., Planter Sallie
* B. M. Henry, A.B., Lieutenant C. S. A., Legislator Seale, A'
G. W. Thigpen, A.M., Professor Keachi, La.
1862.
* W. Hester, A.B., M.D Tuskaloosa
H. Y. Weissinger, A.B., Teacher Birmingham
1863.
* H. Harrell, A.B., Druggist Texas
D. P. Goodhue, A.M., Merchant Gadsden
* Deceased.
HOWARD COLLEGE. 79
1866.
C. G. Brown, A.M., Lawyer, Former Attorney-General
of Alabama Birmingham
1867.
G. I. Hendon, A.B., Insurance Agent Texas
* T. S. Sumner, A.M., M.D New York City
O. L. Shivers, B.S., M.D Marion
1868.
H. C. Cooke, Druggist Kimball, Texas
1869.
Lee Knox, A.B., Lawyer Texas
* P. W. Vaiden, A.B., M.D Marion
* J. H. Hendon, A.B., Minister of the Gospel Texas
1870.
Charles M. Fouche, A.B., Secretary and General Manager
Knoxville Foundry and Machine Company Knoxville, Tenn.
T. D. Jones, A.B Texas
* E. M. Vary, Lawyer, Probate Judge Florida
T. J. White, A.B., M.D Uniontown
1871.
Z. T. Weaver, Minister of the Gospel Barbour County
1872.
J. M. Harrell, A.B., Lawyer Linden, Texas
M. T. Sumner, A.B., Surveyor and Engineer Birmingham
1873.
W. D. Fonville, A.M., Professor Mexico, Mo.
A. P. Smith, A.B., M.D., Probate Judge Eutaw
* W. W. Sanders, B.S., Minister of the Gospel Tuskaloosa
* F. A. Bonner, B.S., Professor Choctaw County
W. W. Bussey, B.S., Insurance Agent Birmingham
A. J. Perry, B.S., Merchant Birmingham
1874.
J. M. Dill, A.M., Superintendent of Schools Bessemer
1875.
D. G. Lyon, A.B., Ph.D., Minister of the Gospel, Pro-
fessor Semitic Languages, Harvard University Massachusetts
J. S. Dill, A.B., D.D., Pastor Bowling Green, Ky.
J. L. Bonner, A.B., Minister of the Gospel Choctaw County
* Deceased.
r
o HOWARD COLLEGIA.
1876.
. _, T « Atlanta, Ga.
J. A. Howard, A.B. MWst.r of the Gospel ^^^g,.
W. T. Crenshaw, B.S., Lawyer ^^^^^
W. W. Burns, B.S., Merchant -- -^^^^^^^
W. E. Brown
1877.
A T3 A/rn Montgomery
W. M. Wilkerson, A.B., M.D .Washington, D. C.
T H Clark, A.B., Lawyer *"" ^° '
J; K Tyson, A.B., LL.D., Judge of Supreme Court Montgomery
1878.
T W Raymond, A.M., Minister of the Gospel, President
^- '^Nonh'^MTssi'ssippi Presbyterian College. . .Holly Sp-^^^tm
* W. W. Wilkerson, A.M., Judge of City Court ^^'"^^S
T T Lee A B. (first honor), Farmer ■■■"V',^ r ^
r L Wkle; A.B. (second honor), Lawyer South Carohna
C. L. Wmkier /Y.D. V Author Columbia, Tenn
John Trotwood Moore, Jr., A.B., Author .^^^
J. W. Ponder, A.B., Merchant Rome, GaJ
J. D. Gwaltney, A.B. • .Florida
*B. F. Colly, Jr. ^S., n-^-' ^^"^^^ ;;.Vcalhoun County
W. H. Cooper, B.S., Planter Springville
* J. M. Herring, B.S., Planter ^ ^^^^^
H. P. Brown, L.B., Lawyer ^^^.^^
W. F. Hogue,L.B., Lawyer. .^.... ^ 1
M. T. Sumner, Jr., L.B., Civil Engineer Boligee, a
1879.
W Y Dill,A.B. (first honor), Druggist.... ... Birmingham™
P T Hale A.B., D.D. (second honor), Mmister of the ,
f. I. ndic, ^.xj., V ^ nf Kentucky Louisville, K>„
Gospel, Sec. Baptist Edu. Comm. of Kentucky. ^ ^eridial
W. S. Lott, A.B Me'-chant ._ .^^_. .V.-.Bullock Count^
P. M. Johns, B^-, Merchant, Panter . . . Shreveport, La
L. C. Allen, B.S., Lumber Dealer ^ ^^^^^\
J. W. Connells, B.S., Editor
1880.
, ...Tuskaloos
J. M. Foster, A.B Lawyer. . . . .^...^ • ^,
B. H. Abrams, A.B., Insurance Agent ^^^.^.^^^ ^^.^^
C. F. Woods, A.B Lawyer. . • • gj^^j ^a^l
J. T. Moncrief , B.S., Merchant Talladeg
a W. Welch, B.S., Physician ^
* Deceased.
HOWARD colle:ge;. 8 1
I88I.
H. F. Smith, A.B., Manager Pratt Gin Co Houston, Texas
S. O. Hall, A.B., Minister of the Gospel Virginia
H. Griggs, A.B., Principal Public School, Columbia Columbia
* A. W. McGaha, A.B., D.D., Pastor Waco, Texas
N. S. Walker, A.B., Planter Tallapoosa County
J. M. McCord, B.S., Minister of the Gospel East Lake
* C. W. Knight, B.S., M.D Snow Hill
H. D. Lyman, B.S., People's Savings Bank and Trust Co. .Birmingham
W. B. Reynolds, A.B., Merchant Montevallo
1882.
J. R. Sampey, A.B., D.D., LL.D., Minister of the Gospel,
Prof, of Hebrew and O. T. Interpretation, Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Ky.
R. D. Palmer, A.B., M.D Birmingham
W. H. Lovelace, A.B., Merchant Marion
T. C. King, A.B London, England
P. C. Drew, A.M., Minister of the Gospel Florida
W. J. AIsop, B.S., Merchant Montgomery
B. F. Giles, A.M., Minister of the Gospel, President
Alabama Central Female College Tuskaloosa
1883.
J. G. Scarbrough, A.B., Lawyer Los Angeles, Cal.
O. Haralson, A.B., Manufacturer Los Angeles, Cal.
T. E. Lockhart, A.B., Druggist, Physician Marion
W. M. Vary, A.B., Teacher Marengo County
J. H. Foster, A.B., Superintendent Public Schools Tuskaloosa
1884.
W. H. Smith, A.M., D.D., Assistant Secretary Foreign
Mission Board Richmond, Va.
W. B. Newman, A.M., Lawyer Franklin, Tenn.
G. W. Macon, A.M., Ph.D. (first honor). Professor
Mercer University Macon, Ga.
J. M. Quarles, A.B., (second honor), C.E., M.D Healing Springs
W. L. Sanford, A.B., Merchant Sherman, Texas
C. W. Garrett, A.B., Farmer Hayneville
J. W. Stewart, B.S., Minister of the Gospel, Financial
Secretary Baptist Orphanage Evergreen
J. M. Hudson, B.S Birmingham
1885.
W. L. Sampey, A.B., Merchant Gadsden
J. M. Webb, A.B., Proprietor Webb Book Co Birmingham
* Deceased.
(6)
82 HOWARD COI.LEGE.
L. E. Thomas, A.B., Lawyer, Insurance Commissioner. .Shreveport, La.
*W. O. Johnson, A.B Marion
H. R. Schramm, A.B., Minister of the Gospel Deatsville
J. W. Hurt, B.S., Merchant Selma
H. C. Sanders, B.S., Minister of the Gospel, Teacher Marion
1886.
C. A. Thigpen, A.M., M.D Montgomery
W. G. Brown, A.B. (first honor), Author New York City
* W. M. Webb, A.B. ( second honor) Brundidge
L. O. Dawson, A.B., D.D., Pastor Tuskaloosa
J. W. McCollum, A.B., D.D., Minister of the Gospel
Missionary to Japan
D. C. Williams, A.B., Teacher Rosebud, Texas
W. W. Ransom, A.B., M.D Birmingham
W. L. Pruitt, A.B Midway
* J. M. Mclver, A.B., Teacher Thomasville
J. B. Adams, A.B Birmingham, Ala.
J. Gamble, Jr., A.B., Lawyer Troy
J. C. Lovelace, A.B Memphis, Tenn.
J. H. Rainer, Jr., B.S., Banker Union Springs
R. L. Goodwin, B.S Anniston
1887.
F. G. CafTey, A.M., Lawyer • . . .New York
E. W. Brock, A.M., Lawyer Rutler
W. H. McKleroy, A.B. (first honor), Banker, Col. A. N. G. .Anniston
* V. R. Peebles, A.B. (second honor) Vienna
C. H. Florey, A.B., Teacher Myrtlewood
W. H. Cafifey, A.B., Passenger Agt. So. Ry Atlanta, Ga.
J. M. Thomas, A.B., Pastor Roanoke, Va.
F. M. Thigpen, A.B., M.D Pensacola, Fla.
J. M. Kailen, A.B., Pastor Mobile
R. F. Smith, A.B., Banker Anniston
H. J. Thagard, A.B., Merchant Greenville
E. C. Jones, A.B., Lawyer Selma
L. M. Bradley, A.B., Pastor Avondale
J. H. Smart, B.S., M.D New York
J. W. Hammer, B.S., Minister of the Gospel Camp Hill
1888.
E. R. Rushton, A.M., Lawyer, Trustee Howard College. . .Montgomery
W. W. Lavender, A.B. (first honor). Lawyer, County
Solicitor Centreville
* Deceased.
HOWARD COLLEGE.
83
T. M. Hurt, A.B. (second honor), Book-keeper Birmingham
W. J. Bell, A.B., Surgeon Mt. Vernon Hospital, New York
C. Hardy, A.B., Farmer Pine Apple
J. H. Blanks, A.B., M.D Chicago
J. M. Reeves, A.B., Dentist Eufaula
1889.
C. G. Elliott, A.M., Pastor Meridian, Miss.
* H. R. Dill, A.B. (first honor). Lawyer, Trustee Howard
College Birmingham
W. L. Chit wood, A.B. (second honor). Lawyer Tuscumbia
G. J. Hubbard, A.B., Lawyer Troy
S. L. Tyson, A.B., Merchant, Planter, and Banker Montgomery
W. H. Owings, A.B., Dealer in Typewriters Birmingham
J. A. McCreary, A.B., Insurance Agent Birmingham
1890.
L. A. Smith, A.M., Superintendent Public School Georgia
W. H. Payne, A.B. (first honor). Merchant Camp Hill
S. J. Strock, A.B. (second honor). Teacher Vincent
W. S. Herren, A.B., Business Dadeville
T. S. Herren, A.B., Merchant Dadeville
R. B. Caine, A.B., Farmer SaflFord
M. E. Weaver, A.B., Pastor Texas
H. H. Shell, A.B., Pastor Lake Charles, La.
J. A. Thompson, A.B., Merchant Montgomery
G. G. Spurlin, A.B., M.D Camden
J. D. Heacock, B.S., M.D., County Physician Birmingham
V. H. Caine, B.S., M.D Safford
189I.
T. T. Huey, A.B., Lawyer Bessemer
J. D. Abernathy, A.B. (first honor). Superintendent Schools Elba
H. J. Willingham, A.B., A.M. (second honor), Member
Alabama State School Board Montgomery
A. G. Spinks, A.B., Pastor Anniston
S. H. Newman, A.B., M.D Dadeville
* J. R. Jarrell, A.B., A.M., Pastor Milltown
W. D. Hubbard, A.B., Pastor Troy
A. S. Smith, A.B., Pastor Alexander City
R. E. Meade, B.S., CE Birmingham
L. L. Vann, B.S Wetumpka
J. E. Harris, B.S., CE Birmingham
* Deceased.
84 HOWARD COLLEGE.
*R. W. Huey, B.S., Vice-President Alabama Guarantee,
Loan and Trust Co., Lawyer Birmingham
W. B. Fulton, B.S., Dentist Birmingham
R. J. Jinks, B.S., Merchant Dadeville
1892.
M. E. Coe, A.M Woodlavvn
J. F. Savell, A.M., Pastor Rochester, N. Y.
J. A. Hendricks, A.AL, Professor in Howard College East Lake
* C. B. Lloyd, A.M Louisville, Ky.
J. W. Willis (first honor). Pastor Rock Hill, S. C.
Marcellus McCreaiy (second honor), M.D Evergreen
Thomas W. Waldrop Birmingham
J. E. Barnes, Pastor Sulligent
J. F, Bledsoe, Teacher Deaf and Dumb Institute Massachusetts
H. C. Hurley, Pastor Columbus, Ga.
J. A. Sartain Arizona
J. R. Martin, M.D Harpersville
W. A. Hobson, A.B., D.D., Pastor Jacksonville, Fla.
T. B. Nettles, Teacher Kempville
J. R. Melton, Merchant Pine Apple
J. T. Collins, Lawyer Birmingham
E. G. Givhan, M.D Montevallo
W. N. Spinks, Teacher Tallapoosa County
R. B. Devine, Pastor, President Judson College McKinney, Ark.
1893.
J. F. Thompson, A.M. (first honor), Lawyer, Solicitor,
Circuit Centreville
J. J. Hagood, A.M., Pastor Andalusia
F. S. Andress, A.B., Lawyer Birmingham
A. P. Bush, A.B., Merchant : . . . Mobile
Paul Carson, A.B., Lawyer and Farmer Gadsden
D. P. Coleman, A.B., Lisurance Birmingham
J. B. Espy, A.B., Prof. Agricultural School, Abbeville Abbeville
W. S. Eubank, A.B., Merchant Ensley
H. L. Finklea, A.B Birmingham
H. G. Fulton, A.B. (second honor). Drug Business Eutaw
H. L. Hicks, A.B., Teacher Modena
E. P. Hogan, A.B., A.M., Prof. Birmingham Medical
College Birmingham
R. B. Hogan, A.B., Clerk Postoffice Birmingham
* Deceased.
HOWARD COLLEGE. 85
S. P. Lindsey, A.B., Pastor Bellville
Claude Riley, A.B., Lawyer Elba
W. B. Staton, B.S., Coal Operator Birmingham
J. T. Brown, B.S., M.D Riverside
D. J. Gantt, B.S., Clerk Treasury Department Washington
G. A. Hogan, B.S., M.D Bessemer
W. O. Lindsay, B.S Birmingham
H. P. Moor, B.S., M.D Galveston, Texas
M. P. Reynolds, B.S., Lumber Dealer Bessemer
1894.
J. H. Ingram, A.M., Cashier of Bank Lineville
W. W. Lee, A.M. (first honor). Pastor Montevallo
W. L. R. Cahall, A.M., Pastor South Carolina
W. H. Altman, A.B., Merchant Texas
W. A. Brown, A.B., Merchant Los Angeles, Cal.
T. F. Hendon, A.B., Pastor Athens, Tenn,
W. R. Meadows, Prof, in Agr. and M. College Starkville, Miss.
A. G. Moseley, A.B. (second honor), Pastor. Enterprise
Mack Stamps, A.B., Pastor Tuskaloosa
A. L. Beason, A.B., Mgr. Patent Right Tennessee
J. F. Gable, A.B., Pastor Bessemer
A. G. Lowery, A.B Meridian, Miss.
R. G. Moore, A.B., Druggist Franklin, Ky.
C. S. Reeves, A.B Eufaula
M. S. Stephens, A.B., Pastor Punta Gorda, Fla,
N. H. Carpenter, B.S., M.D ...Jasper
E. Hinson, B.S., Lawyer, State Senator Hayneville
G. L. Griffin, B.S Los Angeles, Cal.
H. E. Watlington, B.S., Timekeeper L. & N. R. R East Lake
1895.
C. B. Alverson, A.B., Bookkeeper Coal City
S. J. Ansley, A.B., A.M. (first honor). Insurance Birmingham
J. C. Bean, A.B., Teacher Magazine Point
W. S. Britt, A.B., M.D Eufaula
G. Herbert, A.B., Merchant Bessemer
J. C. Hicks, A.B., Teacher Thorsby
Jo Johnson, A.B Woodlawn
W. P. McAdory, A.B. (second honor), M.D., Trustee
Howard College, Prof. Birmingham Medical College. .Birmingham
* E. A. Jones, A.B., M.D Birmingham
H. N. Rosser, A.B., Pastor. Klamath Falls, Oregon
D. M. Snead, A.B., Lawyer Andalusia
R. C. Prather, A.B., M.D Girard
R. M. Burton, B.S., Planter Minter
* Deceased.
86 HOWARD COLLEGE.
B. F. Caldwell, B.S., Salesman Blocton
A. B. Collins, B.S., M.D Kennedy
J. W. Dossett, B.S., M.D Wilmer, Ala.
* M. L. Scott, B.S., Lawyer Birmingham
J. Strock, B.S, Teacher Clay
W. W. Watts, B.S., Principal of School Pollard
J. H. Barfield, Lawyer, Assistant County Solicitor Monroeville
W. P. Molett, Lawyer Beaumont, Texas
1896.
W. T. Berry, B.S., M.D Birmingham
C. Cunningham, B.S., Clerk Postoffice Birmingham
H. R. Donaldson, A.B., M.D Atlanta, Ga.
* J. W. Eubank, A.B Birmingham
E. L. Fuller, A.B., Physician Summerfield
J. F. Finklea, B.S., with Minor & Co Summerfield
A. A. Hutto, A.B., Pastor Athens
J. W. Johnson, M.D., Medical Director Volunteer State
Life Insurance Co., Tennessee Chattanooga
Annie M. Judge New Orleans
* H. E. Moss, A.B., Teacher Woodlawn
F. Mynatt, A.B. (second honor), Principal Columbus, Ga.
E. C. Parker, A.B., M.D Gulf Port, Miss.
H. T. Parker, A.B., Merchant Hammac
J. T. Payne, A.B. (first honor), Mail Service Meridian
E. V. Smith, A.B., Lumberman Marbury
J. C. Smith, A.B., Teacher Evansville, Ind.
A. J. Thames, B.S., Pastor Macon, Miss.
T. P. Vann, Teacher Huffman
W. V. Vines, Merchant East Lake
Wm. Waldrop, B.S., M.D Bessemer
W. J. Waldrop, A.B., Clerk Probate Court East Lake
J. F. Watson, A.B., Pastor Holdenville, L T.
W. C. Williams, A.B., Supt. of Schools Hattiesburg, Miss.
1897.
J. E. Barnard, A.B., Pastor ; Cartersville, Ga.
H. T. Crumpton, A.B., Pastor Huntsboro
J. J. Dawsey, A.B., Teacher
P. A. Eubank, A.B Ensley
A. J. Moon, A.B. (first honor). Prof. Howard College East Lake
S. B. Parker, A.B. (second honor), Bookkeeper Brewton
* W. A. Trawick, A.B., Lawyer Abbeville
* Deceased.
HOWARD COLIvKGE. 87
J. S. Wood, A.B., Pastor Farmersville
C. T. Acker, B.S., M.D Gadsden
P. C. Black, B.S., Probate Judge Geneva
* W. A. Gorman, Merchant Vincent
G. F. Lindsay, B.S., Manufacturer Birmingham
J. W. Lindsay, B.S., Contractor Trussville
W. J. Weldon, B.S., Merchant Wilsonville
C. K. Yates, B.S., M.D Birmingham
E. W. Daly, Medical Student Birmingham
J. M. Gray, Chief Mine Inspector East Lake
* C. H. Vines Vinesville
1898.
S. H. Bennett, A.B., Pastor Selma
J. R. Curry, A.B., Pastor Citrpnelle
M. M. Eppes, A.B., Banker Goodwater
R. L. Grififin, A.B., Druggist Goodwater
W. C. Griggs, A.B., Principal Henley School Birmingham
J. F. Hogan, A.B., M.D Birmingham
McD. W. Jones, A.B., Salesman East Lake
C. B. McGriff, A.B., Farmer Columbia
J. L. McKenney, A.B., Pastor Trussville
J. W. O'Hara, A.B., Pastor (first honor) Montgomery
J. H. Perdue, A.B., Lawyer Birmingham
W. A. Taliaferro, A.B., Pastor Opelika
J. B. Tidwell, A.B., Prof. Decatur Baptist College Decatur, Texas
M. L. Burchfield, B.S., Merchant Searles
N. M. Hawley, B.S., Salesman Birmingham
F. W. McDonald, B.S., M.D Birmingham
A. W. Smith, B.S., Merchant Eutaw
F. C. Smith, B.S., M.D Birmingham
W. C. Swink, B.S., Merchant Carlowville
Miss A. E. Weatherly, A.B. (Mrs. John King) Birmingham
H. Witherspoon, B.S., Postmaster South Carolina
1899.
J. A. Bagley, A.B., M.D Brookside
H. W. Fancher, A.B., Pastor Montgomery
G. W. Hopson, Jr., A.B., Grocer Woodlawn
O. T. Smith, A.B., Merchant Goodwater
E. M. Stewart, A.B. (first honor), Pastor La Fayette, Ala.
C. R. Bell, B.S., Salesman Anniston
W. A. McCain, B.S., Pastor ..* Mobile, Ala.
* Deceased. '
88 HOWARD COLLEGE.
A. J. McDanal, B.S Birmingham
M. T. McGriff, B.S., Postmaster Columbia
T. L. Nichols, B.S. (second honor), Teacher .Kembert Hill
E. W. Rucker, Jr., B.S., M.D Birmingham
C. H. Smith, B.S., M.D Speigness
1900.
R. L. Daniel, A.B., Lawyer Ensley
J. G. Dobbins, A.B., Pastor Greensboro
M. B. Garrett, A.B. and A.M. Graduate Student Ithaca, N. Y.
W. R. Hood, A.B., Pastor Maryland
R. S. Lucius, A.B., M.D Eutaw, Ala.
J. D. Ray, A.B., Pastor Birmingham, Ala.
J. A. Smith, A.B., Merchant Lineville, Ala.
R. E. Smith, A.B., Merchant Eutaw, Ala.
T. M. Thomas, A.B., Missionary, China Inverness, Ala.
W. A. Windham, A.B., Pastor Healing Springs, Ala.
W. A. Abercrombie, B.S., Merchant Calera
M. C. Davie, B.S., Merchant Blocton
D. B. Hayes, B.S Brewton, Ala.
J. R. Mullins, B.S., Merchant Clanton, Ala.
L. M. Spruell, B.S., Teacher CarroUton, Ga.
19OI.
J. L. Jackson, A.B., Pastor Orrville
W. R. Hood, A.M., Pastor Maryland
E. C. Harris, B.S., M.D Coal City, Ala.
J. S. Hall, A.B., Pastor Anniston, Ala.
J. M. Prestwood, A.B., Lawyer Andalusia, Ala.
H. P. Shugarman, A.B., Medical Student. .Columbia University, N. Y.j
J. K. Smith, A.B Eutaw, Ala.
H. B. Woodward, A.B.. Pastor Alexander City
F. H. Watkins, A.B., Pastor Union Springs, Ala.
W. L. Yarbrough, A.B., President Scottsboro Baptist
Institute Scottsboro, Ala.
1902.
J. L. Jackson, A.M., Pastor Orrville, Ala.
J. K. Smith, A.M Eutaw, Ala.
A. M. Caine, A.B., Medical Student New Orleans, La.
F. E. Chambers, A.B Eutaw, Ala,
DeWitt Faucett, A.B., Teacher Prattville, Ala.
R. A. Lambert, A.B., Medical Student New Orleans, La.
T. V. Neal, A.B., Pastor San Antonio, Texas
H. W. Thompson, A.B., Bookkeeper Brewton, Ala.
HOWARD COLIvEGE. 89
J. C. Smith, B.S., M.D Mobile, Ala.
T. D. Stewart, B.L Tuskaloosa, Ala.
H. G. Laird, C.E., Surveying Brookside, Ala.
B. F. Roden, Jr., Student Birmingham
1903.
P. C. Barclay, A.B Elba, Ala.
* E. C. Coggin, B.S., Teacher. Forest Home, Ala.
W. T. Davis, A.B., Pastor Scottsboro, Ala.
F. H. Farrington, A.B., Pastor Louisville
E. G. Fenn, A.B., Pastor Leighton
P. E. Gwin, A.B., M.D Bessemer
Paul Keeton, B.C.E., Teacher Scottsboro
E. R. Norman, B.S., Ledger Birmingham, Ala.
J. E. Parker, B.C.E., Draftsman, Seaboard Air Line. .Birmingham, Ala.
J. D. Patton, B.S., Teacher Union Springs,' Ala.
W. T. Patton, B.S Alabama
E. P. Puckett, A.B., Graduate Student, Tulane New Orleans
W. A. Spruell, B.S., Teacher Brookwood, Ala.
C. P. Underwood, B.S., Teacher Woodlawn
M. B. Garrett, A.M Ithaca, N. Y.
R. A. Lambert, A.M., Student New Orleans, La.
1904.
P. P. Burns, A.B., Teacher Edgefield, S. C.
J. O. Colley, A.B., Pastor Birmingham
R. C. Crumpton, A.B., Teacher West Blocton
J. D. Dixon, A.B Lowndesboro, Ala.
P. E. Gwin, A.B., M.D Bessemer, Ala.
T. A. Gunn, B.S., Medical Student New Orleans
T. E. Huey, Engineer East Lake, Ala.
* B. S. Huggins, B.S., Trav. Sec. Y. M. C. A Corona, Ala.
J. N. Jester, B.S., Teacher Gadsden
H. D. Jones, A.B., Law Student Russellville, Ah.
L. T. Reeves, A.B., Pastor Cullman,' Ala.
J. H. Sams, A.B., Teacher . - Pleasant Hill, Ala.
T. M. Smith, A.B., Medical Student Louisville, Ky.
J. T. S. Wade, Jr., A.B., Graduate Student Harvard University
A. J. Gross, A.B., Student Louisville, Ky.
1905.
P. P. Burns, Prof, in South Carolina Co-Ed. College. . .Edgefield, S. C.
William A. Counts, A.B., B. R. L. & P. Co Birmingham, Ala.'
* Deceased.
go HOWARD COLIvEGE.
W. R. Hale, A.B., Teacher Belle Ellen, Ala.
J. N. Howell, A.B., Teacher Springville, Ala.
John T. McKee, A.B., Teacher Newton, Ala.
Howard C. Montague, A.B., Asst. Chief Clerk, Local
Freight Office, L. & N. R. R Birmingham, Ala-
James W. Morrow, A.B., Tax Assessor's Office Birmingham, Ala.
Walter T. O'Hara, A.B., Railroad Service Talladega, Ala.
E. C. Payne, A.B., Medical Student Charlottesville, Va.
F. M. Payne, A.B., Medical Student Charlottesville, Va,
McCain Robinson, B.S Lowndesboro, Ala,
Albert Lee Smith, A.B., Insurance Agent Howard College
James A. Smith, A.B., Pastor Marbury
George M. Veazey, A.B., Teacher Wilsonville, Ala.
T. A. Gunn, A.M., Student, Tulane New Orleans
1906.
W. A. Berry, B.S., Teacher Jasper, Ala^
J. F. Brock, A.B Healing Springs, Alaj
M. T. Davidson, A.B Murphreesboro, Tenn
Edward Day, B.S Orrville, Ala,
J. K. Day, B.S., Southern Express Company Montgomery, Ala.
W. M. Duke, B.S Birmingham, Ala.
F. B. Greenhill, B.S., Merchant Russellville, Ala.
W. A. Jenkins, A.B., B. R. L. & P. Co Birmingham, Alaj
Carey McCord, A.B., Medical Student, Ann Arbor,
Mich Birmingham, Ala
J. W. Partridge, A.B., Theological Student Louisville, Ky,
S. J. Russell, B.S Bessemer, Ala,
V. L. Powell, A.B., Stenographer Anniston, Ala.
W. Weissinger, Jr., A.B Eleanor, AlaJ
W. P. Wilks, A.B., Pastor Midway, Ala.'
A. L. Smith, A.M Birmingham, Ala
Austin Crouch, A.M., Pastor Woodlawn, Ala.
1907.
J. H. Akins, A.B Akron, Ala
David Bryan, A.B Louisville, Ky
L. P. Burns, A.B Howard College, Alas,
Jesse A. Cook, A.B Louisville, Ky
Clayton E. Crossland, A.B., Sec. Baptist State S. S.
Board Montgomery, Ala
I. H. Dykes, A.B Jackson's Gap, Ala
H. H. Hagood, A.B Birmingham, Ala
Charles Hasty, B.S Healing Springs, Ala
W. S. Hendrix, A.B , Birmingham, Ala
HOWARD COI^IvEGS. 9 1
W. L. Henson, A.B Alabama
Ira L. Jordan, A.B Louisville, Ky.
A. P. Longshore, B.S .-. . . .Columbiana, Ala.
A. E. Page, A.B Louisville, Ky.
K. W. Smith, B.S Eutaw, Ala.
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HOWARD COIvI^EGE.
HONORARY DEGREES
i860.
T. F. Bledsoe M.A.
W. Gary Crane D.D.
1866.
S. H, Lockett M.A.
I. B. Vaiden M.A.
J. H. DeVotie D.D.
1867.
R. C. Burleson D.D.
1868.
R. Holman D.D.
Cadwallader Lewis LL.D.
1869.
P. H. Mell LL.D.
1870.
A. J. Battle D.D.
E. B. Teague D.D.
1875.
W. C. Cleveland D.D.
J. J. D. Renfroe D.D.
Crawford H. Toy LL.D.
1877.
J. B. Hawthorne D.D.
1878.
B. Puryear LL.D.
W. S. Webb D.D.
1879.
J. H. Foster D.D.
1880.
A. B. Woodfin D.D.
W. R. Boggs. Jr M.A.
1881.
George B. Eager D.D.
1883.
J. E. Chambliss D.D.
T. M. Bailey D.D.
1884.
J. M. Frost D.D.
J. M. Phillips D.D.
W. H. Williams D.D.
J. E. Willett LL.D.
1885.
A. C. Davidson D.D.
W. E. Lloyd D.D..
G. W. Thomas LL.D.
1886.
George M. Edgar LLX>.
O. F. Gregory D.D.
1887.
S. W. Averett LL.D,
J. C. Wright D.D,|
D. L Purser D.DJ
R. J. Waldrop M.a(
1888.
B. H. Crumpton D.:
1889.
W. Wilkes D.Mi
J. S. Taylor D.!
W. C. Bledsoe D.l
W. G. Hix M..
1890.
H. M. Wharton D.I
B. F. Giles M.
G. W. Macon M.^
HOWARD COLLEGE.
93
1891.
W. H. Young Ph.D
P. T. Hale D.d!
H. R. Pollard LL.D.
1892.
J. P. Shaffer D.D.
1893.
W. C. Bitting D.D.
J. A. French D.D.
A. W. McGaha D.D.
1894.
J- S. Dill D.D.
A. B. Goodhue LL.D.
J. E. Massey LL.D.
1895.
Lyman W. Ray D.D.
W. H. Smith D.d'
Fred D. Hale D.D.
W. H. Payne A.M.
H. J. Willingham A.M.
1896.
D. M. Ramsey D.D.
J. B. Graham A.M.
John O. Turner A.M.
1897.
W. G. Curry D.D.
L. O. Dawson D.D.
R. G. Patrick .D.d!
S. J. Ansley A.M.
J. R. Jarrell A.M.
W. A. Hobson D.D.
J. H. Foster D.D,
1899.
J. L. Thompson D.D.
C. S. Blackwell d!d.
E. P. Hogan A.M.
L. L. Vann A.M.
1901.
J. R. Sampey LL.D.
W. J. E. Cox D.D.
J. W. McCollum D.D.
1902.
P. V. Bomar D.D.
R. J. Holston A.M.
A. J. Moon M.A.
1903.
W. B. Crumpton. . .
W. M. Blackwelder.
J. M. Shelburne
1905.
Arthur Yeager
W. D. Hubbard
...D.D.
...D.D.
.L.H.D.
1907.
Edward Brand.
• LL.D.
..D.D.
...L.H.D.
94 HOWARD COI/IyEGE.
PROPERTY OF HOWARD COLLEGE
The buildings and appointments of the College represent
an expenditure of $85,000. The friends of Christian educa-
tion have donated over two hundred acres of land, described ,
below. More than one-half of this land lies around Birming-
ham ; some of it is to-day desirable building property, and most
of it i€ rapidly enhancing in value with the development of
Birmingham, Woodlawn and East Lake.
The Alabama Baptist State Convention, with a unanimous
vote, offers the College yearly the interest on $100,000 at six
per cent., or $6,000 ; this to continue until the permanent endow-
ment of the institution has been increased by this amount.
PROPERTIES OF HOWARD COLLEGE.
COIvLEGE CAMPUS.
Volume 306, page 527 -I" block 94, East Lake Land Company to
Alabama Baptist State Convention, lots 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. 32, 33. m
block 94; lots 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 13, 14, 15, in block 94-
Volume 142, page 257 — In block 95, Ruhama Academy to D. 1
Purser, agent, lots 9, 10, n, 12, 13, U, I5, 16; lots 27, 28, 33, 34, 35-
Volume 144, page 139- H. F. Wood to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, lot 36, block 95. . , * , ,
Volume 194, page 258 -M. B. Wharton and wife to Alabama
Baptist State Convention, lot 26, block 95. ,
Volume 142, page 248- W. A. Williams to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, lot 18, block 95. t^ t t.
Volume 144, page 123 — East Lake Land Company to D. L Purser
trustee, all of block 96, containing 3 49-ioo acres.
Volume 144, page 123 — East Lake Land Company to D. L Purser
trustee, parcel of land containing 56 51-100 acres.
HOWARD COLLEGE. 95
PROPERTY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Volume 144, page 137 — John T. Reed, Sr., President Lake Supe-
rior Land Company, to Alabama Baptist State Convention, the S. W. %
of the N. W. ^ of S. W. ^ of Sec. 2, T. 17, R. 2 W., containing 10 acres.
Volume 144, page 141 — R. W. Beck to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, lot 22, block 122, East Lake.
Volume 144, page 144 — Merritt EUard to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, lots 15 and 16, block 4, East Lake.
Volume 144, page 148 — W. H. Harrell to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, lots 5 and 6, block 65, also lot 5, block 75.
Volume 144, page 149 — J. W. Tate to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, lot 2, block 74, East Lake.
Volume 144, page 152 — A. N. Lacy to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, 2j/^ acres near East Lake.
Volume 144, page 154 — John McDonald to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, one acre near East Lake.
Volume 171, page 562 — J. W. Tate to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, lot 2, block 74, East Lake.
Volume 218, page 481 — G. W. Harrell to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, lots 13 and 14, in block i in J. N. Miller's plat in the
N. E. Ya of S. W. Ya, S. 34, T. 17, R. 3 W, according to map recorded.
Volume 251, page 476 — F. M. Wood to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, lot 13, block 2, Woodlawn.
Volume 142, page 241 — Z. A. Parker and wife to D. L Purser,
trustee, lot 18 of the survey of Vaun, Henry, Parker and others in
block 24 of said survey.
Volume 142, page 255 — O. W. Wood and wife to D. I. Purser,
trustee ; begin at the N. E. corner intersection of Parker Street and
railway of E. L. R. R., thence north 30 degrees 22' W. along Parker
Street 205 feet; thence N. E. and parallel with E. L. R. R. 138 feet to
an alley; thence south 25 degrees east along west side of said allev 212
feet to the north side of right of way of E. L. R. R. ; thence southwest
along north side of said right of way to point of beginning, S. 21, T. 17,
R. 2 W.
Volume 144, page 126 — R. S. Edwards and wife to D. L Purser,
trustee, lot beginning at the west boundary line of the M. S. Truss land
and at the southeast corner of Tobias Zophy's lot, which was conveyed
to said Zophy by J. H. Frazier and wife, thence north 140 feet, thence at
right angles loo feet, thence at right angles 140 feet, 100 feet to a point
of beginning, in Sec. 23, T. 16, R. i W.
Volume 176, page 9 — Felix Montgomery and wife to D. L Purser,
rustee, beginning northeast corner of the S. E- Ya of the N. E. % of
Sec. 12, T. 17, R. 2 W., 5 acres.
96 HOWARD COLI^EGE.
Volume 176, page 11 — Walker Land Company to D. I. Purser,
trustee, block No. 11 (H), 12 36-100 acres; also lots i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
14, 15, 16 and 17, block B, all near East Woodlawn.
Volume 306, page 528 — John T. Hood to Alabama Baptist State
Convention, lot 14, block 2, Woodlawn.
PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF JEFFERSON CITY.
Volume 35, page 448, Tuscaloosa County — R. S. Cox to D. I.
Purser, financial agent, N. E. % of N. E. %, Sec. 5, T. 19, R. 12 W.
Volume 40, pages 161 and 162, Morgan County — John C. Orr to
D. I. Purser, trustee, N. E. ^ of N. E. % of N. W. %, Sec. 12, T. 7,
R. 4 W., being 10 acres more or less.
Volume 40, pages 163 and 164, Morgan County — Also W. }/2 of
N. E. Va of N. E. ^ of Sec. 35, T. 6, R. 5 W.
Volume 142, page 263 (Rec. Jefferson County land in Shelby
County) — A. B. Waldrop and wife to D. I. Purser, financial agent,
10 acres land lying in the S. W. corner of N. W. % of N. E. %, Sec. 6,
T. 19, R. I W.
INDEX.
PAGE
Academy 43. 44
Alumni 76
Athletics 60
Board of Trustees 3
Brief History of Howard College 12
Calendar 2
Candidates for Degrees 68
Courses of Study and Degrees 45-47
College Honors 51, 52
English and Elocution 26, 27
English Bible 40
Faculty and Committees 8-11
Fees and Expenses 62-66
Grading and Examinations 50
General Information 53 -56
Greek 29, 30
History and Economics 41
Honorary Degrees 92
Hygiene 42
Information Concerning Entrance, Tuition, Board, etc 62-66
Lectures to Ministerial Students 42
Latin 28, 29
Library 55
Literary Societies 59
Ministerial Class 59, 60
Military 74, 75
Mental and Moral Sciences 39, 40
Modern Languages 31, 32
Mathematics 33-35
Natural Sciences 35 -v39
Organization 25
Physics and Astronomy 35, 36
Property of Howard College 94
Roll of Students 69-73
Society of Alumni 5
Student Organizations 59, 60
Sunday-school Classes 60
To New Students 56
Birmingham Medical College,
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
FACULTY.
B. L. Wyman, A.m., M.D., LL.D., Dean, Professor of Neurology and
Clinical Medicine.
J. D. S. Davis, IvL,.D,, M.D., Professor of Principles and Practice of
Surgery and Clinical Surgery.
Lewis C. Morris, M.D., Professor of Gynecology and Abdominal
Surgery.
B. G. CoPELAND, M.D., Professor of Surgical Anatomy and Clinical
Surgery.
R. M. Cunningham, M.D., Professor of Principles and Practice of
Medicine and Clinical Medicine.
L. G. Woodson, M.D., Professor of Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat.
D. F. Talley, A.B., M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery.
Mack Rogers, M.D., Professor of Anatomy.
E. P. HoGAN, A.M., Sec'y, and Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology.
Joseph S. McIvESTER, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Clinical Micro-
scopy, Histology and Bacteriology; Associate Professor of Medicine.
F. A. LuPTON, M.Sc, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics.
W. P. McAdory, A.B., M.D., Professor of Physiology.
T. D. Parke, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics.
W. H. Wilder, M.D., Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica.
John L. Worcester, M.D., Associate Professor of Anatomy.
Frank Grace, M.D., Professor of Hygiene and Medical Jurisprudence.
E. H. Sholl, M.D., Professor of Medical History and Ethics.
Fifteenth Session Begins October i, igo8.
The new building adjoins the new Hillman Hospital, furnishes
abundant clinical material, and gives this College advantages second to
no other in the country.
Students who may desire to enter a Medical College are requested
to correspond with the Secretary, Professor E. P. Hogan, Birmingham,
Alabama.
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